I've had some really
good conversations with my kids during or after a film we see together, especially if it has to do with identity or secrets or values.
Have a
candid conversation with your kids and alert them to the dangers of posting pictures on social media websites These become a permanent part of their digital history.
You can also visit the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility to get more information, plus tips and materials for
starting conversations with your kids about alcohol responsibility.
It's an opportunity for exercise, for fresh air, for meditation,
for conversation with your kid, for visiting with friends, for getting some vitamin D on your skin, for walking a pet.
Bettina I love your work against the pink slime companies trying to hide that crap in our kids (and our own) food, for the people who don't like pink slime being labeled that think of a pr campaign where the slimer from ghost busters is green and has a heartfelt
conversation with kids on how mean old bettina is trying to stop him from coming over to play at lunchtime!
But from a formal perspective, one of the things that we've done in our family is that we've chosen 11 as that age where we're going to have that
formal conversation with our kids.
#TalkEarly was created with a simple goal in mind: Empower parents to be confident about their own decisions regarding alcohol, model healthy, balanced behaviors, and create a foundation for starting
conversations with their kids from an early age.
Most kids always find it difficult to open up to people about things that are bothering them hence to make them open up, it is important to make a habit of having
daily conversations with your kid.
Over the years, I've developed some ways to establish norms for independent work time, and while there's still the occasional student I need to redirect, I'm able to have productive
individual conversations with my kids on a daily basis.
In the situation you describe, if you're concerned about the loans being paid back, I think you need to have a
serious conversation with the kids and make it clear you expect them to pay the loans back on whatever schedule you agreed to.
A study from Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, found that parents aren't having the kind
of conversations with kids about sex and relationships that maybe they should be.
Plan the lesson, not as scripted (because you can not script this conversation), but be aware that just having an open -
ended conversation with kids may unintentionally create the space where kids don't feel safe or OK to have the conversation.
«We have to have
better conversations with kids about what status means and what it doesn't mean, about the advantage of going to a high - status place and the disadvantages.
Because later on you know five 10 years later and I'm looking back I was having
a conversation with my kids one time and I was saying well you just have to take 100 percent responsibility for anything that happens in your life.
«I knew we were screwed, as a state and as a country,» Jonathan Goyer says, «when I had
a conversation with a kid who was going through withdrawals.»
This is a good start for
the conversation with the kids — repetitive, accessible, age - appropriate for littles, and educational.
«If we find ourselves regularly checking emails on our phone... doing that at the dinner table when we should be having
conversation with our kids, what does our own usage look like in the home when our children are around?
I can't even imagine how to begin
that conversation with your kids let alone spin it to be a good thing, especially if they now have to live with the woman or man who helped destroy their family.
While certainly upsetting, these high profile cases are a good opportunity to spark
a conversation with your kids about staying safe, as parents are the first and most powerful line of defense against predators....
I made a great decision regarding my daughter's schooling, I had meaningful
conversations with my kids, shared loads of love and laughs, taught them lessons and dealt with issues that came up in a way that makes me proud.
Yes, they are about alcohol responsibility, but the core of their work lies in helping parents foster a lifetime of
conversations with kids.
For this reason, it is best to start
the conversation with your kids very early.