Sentences with phrase «try playing with your child»

Try playing with your child to keep them alert during the day.

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She enjoys reading business books, playing the violin and trying new restaurants with her husband and five children.

Likins says he remembers playing with the video games and trying out bikes with his brothers at Toys R Us, and liked continuing that with his child.

Trying to force children to abandon what are common - sense scientific facts and well - reasoned theories is just playing with their heads.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

I identify with the «Cusp - ers» like me who may remain standing on the sidelines while others of our generation procreate, trying to fulfill our desire for children by playing the role of Auntie and Uncle to our friends» offspring.

The basic strategy is similar to what Margarita Prensa was doing with the play - by - play narration she offered to Stephanie King — trying to draw a parent's attention to the small moments in parent - child interactions that are most beneficial for children.

«We try to particularly encourage friendships and play dates with children who have a different background than we do: being raised by two moms, coming from a different country, being of a different race,» Messersmith says.

No one in Utah has been charged with neglecting their children because they were walking home, but say you're trying to return parenting to the realm of by - cracky heuristics and it sure plays well in the parenting media.

Rather than paying attention to your child only when she's misbehaving, try to catch her acting appropriately: «Thanks for playing with Charlie while I change his diaper.

With your coffee table baby proofed, you won't have to worry when your child plays around it or tries to reach for the stuff on it.

«Thinking about the three C's in the moment, when you're trying to decide whether to let your child play with a tablet or watch a show, helps you make better, more mindful choices,» says Guernsey.

A Note of Caution: As an adult playing this game with your child, try to find compliments that truly fit with your child's personality.

If your children traditionally get into trouble right after you bring them home in the evening, try getting down on the floor to play with them right when you walk in the door and re-establish your relaxed and warm connection with each of them.

There are a ton of different technological toys out there, and parent have the hard task of trying to figure out which ones are harmful to their child's psyche and which ones will actually be healthy for their child to play with.

According to Momtastic, left - handed children will stir a pot counterclockwise when they play pretend in the kitchen with you — or, you know, underfoot while you're trying to cook a real meal — while right - handed children will tend to whisk clockwise.

Try playing a make - believe game with your child.

Meet up with people in a place your child can play, teach your child about interruption and why it's wrong, schedule your calls to when your child is sleeping, and try to model your child's behavior by setting a good example with your behavior.

When children play together, they will try to communicate with each other.

If you really want your younger children to try some of the luscious and healthy summer fruits and vegetables, play the color game with them.

IT is purposely made to be sturdy, so you will be at peace whenever your children try to play with it.

I have six children and after the third, I gave up on the moms groups, and play dates, etc. because it just seemed like so much work to be superficial to try to be positive, and do my hair, and try to match my clothes (let alone put on a bra) to try to keep up with some false image.

If you or your child feel that he or she is playing too much basketball, work with coaches to try a reduced or modified schedule.

When we don't try to fill children's minds and toy chests with prefabricated examples of «imagination,» they have more freedom to forge their own, to bring their own ideas into play.»

I'm all for natural, intervention - free (or limited intervention) childbirth — I've had two children that way, in fact... But I was NOT dumb enough to play God with my children's lives and try to have a home birth.

Try playing with the objects the way your child does.

Often with visiting cousins or friends it is simply a matter of having so much fun playing and visiting that the child actually forgets or tries to delay taking a moment to get up from play and go potty.

When making your selection, try to think about how your child would play with the included items, and look for opportunities to encourage creative cross-play.

musical instruments, such as a guitar, that can hurt a young child that is playing with the strings (for example, trying to over-tune them), if one of the strings that are under high tension breaks, flying into his eye or scratches his face, etc

If the playdates go really well and your child runs off independently to play with the others, try leaving him at someone else's house without you, first for a short time and then for longer periods.

I've been dealing with it by trying to get out every day to the pool or to the gym (where they play nice in the child center), or running errands.

Likewise, playing on a team can be valuable for a child trying to fit in with his or her peers.

You may have limited family time to spend with your child (by the time you get home from work and you eat dinner together as a family and go through your evening routines — make sure homework is done, school bags are packed for the next day, teeth are brushed, baths are done, and so on — there's very little time to sit and review schoolwork with your child); but you can try to look over what your child is doing with his tutor, and try to use free time on the weekends to incorporate fun into learning by playing math games, reading fun books and helping your child pick out books he likes to encourage reading and more.

Try the football hold to free up a hand, or even play on the floor with your other children while sitting in a tailor - sit (criss cross apple sauce!)

With so many different train track combinations to try and other cool toys to play with, your child's imagination will run wWith so many different train track combinations to try and other cool toys to play with, your child's imagination will run wwith, your child's imagination will run wild!

If your child is refusing, really refusing to nap with you, i.e. screeching in the pack and play while you deal with the awkward silence from your relatives or freaked out fellow guests, take him out, change his diaper, feed him, calm him down, reset his buttons, and try again about 45 minutes later.

I took our daughter on little special dates (if your child is older, you could try the zoo or the local children's museum or even a cookie shop), and I made sure to just sit with her and play even when I knew there was cleaning or tidying I would typically be doing.

He advises that for such «offenses» as dropping or playing with food, trying to hold the spoon that a parent is using, or banging on the tray, a child must first be swatted on the hand, then isolated in the crib if it recurs.

Telling children which behaviors you do — and don't — want to see actually makes kids feel more secure, because it reminds them that you're in charge and guides them to the areas where they should be developing their skills and independence (such as playing with the plastic tea set and not trying to touch the real one.)

If your child has a hard time coming up with their own pretend play, try setting up a simple scene like this that will spark their interest!

* Try doing some role plays with your child to help ease their fears.

I have found that larger bins that are heavier for my child means he plays with what is inside the bin rather than trying to dump it out the second I turn him loose.

When you play with your child and help her learn, she becomes more self - confident and willing to try new things.

Try a game or app first and then play it with the child.

You have to move on to the next play and try to succeed next time with your child.

I'm trying to encourage even more dads to play more outside with their children, and I'm delighted to be part of #playmoremonth

He wasn't a great nurser either so wasn't like, you know, we'd gotten off to this fabulous start but it was just, I think this second one learns how to kind of go with the flow a little bit more because it was not all about that child and for me, I didn't necessarily set up a routine but what I did do is, actually a little bit opposite of yours, mine was, I had to satisfy the toddler first, because I figured that, the infant kind of walk around, kind of keep him pacified a little bit, but my toddler was like me, me, me, me, me, like I need this now, so we had a box of toys, that he could play with, like they were only set up for when I were nursing, so they were like his special toys, a special snacks that I knew that would be safe and I wouldn't be giving the Heimlich Maneuver you know, while I was trying to breastfeed.

If you let your child play with your phone, trying switching it to airplane mode before handing it over.

Most kids are used to mixing colors with paints or play dough, but have your children had the chance to try separating color mixtures?

Dear Hand in Hand, Since the new year, i'm trying to play more with my children.