So I get questions about how to discipline children. What I find is that most people confuse the word discipline with punishment. Punishment works in the short term, it stops the behavior right now. It does not prevent the behavior in the future. Case in point, going to prison. What are the prisons full of?…
Month: January 2016
Children grieve too!
Many times parents ask about talking to their children about death. Often they feel it is better to keep children away from hospitals and funerals. What happens when a child is “protected” is that they are shut out from reality. They feel emotionally abandoned. Children may not always understand death and dying however their bodies…
Grandma’s Reading Channel!
Hello Readers, I am working up a blog post about Grandparents and their contributions in the lives of their grandchildren. There is a lot of controversy right now about grandparents rights to visit their grandchildren due to the prevalence of cut offs (being denied access to grandchildren). There are two sides to the story and…