Well, it’s that time of year again. Summer is coming to a close and it’s time to get back to school. There’s a lot to do before the summer is over starting with school shopping. But there are also a few days of summer left to be enjoyed before you get back into the busy school year routine. Here are some tips for enjoying these last days of summer while still getting prepared to start the school year.
(more...)You feel like your worst nightmare has come to pass. Another child in your preschooler’s life has started to bully him or her and you’re not sure what to do about it. On the one hand, you want to teach your child to stick up for himself and to handle things alone. On the other, you want to intervene and stop the bullying before it gets out of hand. You have no idea what to do. And the worst part is that the situation brings out all of your feelings of helplessness as you begin to realize that you are not going to be able to protect your child from the world.
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As soon as your child is old enough to feel the emotion of anger, you are going to start wondering how to help her learn anger management skills. There will be books to read, counseling classes to take and plenty of friends and acquaintances to get advice from about the best methods of making sure your child learns how to control her anger. These tools are all important; but in the end, your child is going to learn how to control her anger by watching how you control yours. Modeling positive anger management is the best method of making sure your child learns how to behave appropriately when she gets mad.
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