Reading books, singing, playing word games, and
simply talking to kids will increase their vocabulary while providing increased opportunities to develop listening skills.
Not exact matches
What if I were
to tell you that you could increase the odds that your
kids will achieve great success in life — maybe greater success than you've had —
simply by making a small change in how you praise them and
talk about achievement?
Talk to Your Child and Help Them Figure out How They Will Follow the Rules It isn't enough
to simply say «don't do that;»
kids often need
to know what they can do, not just what they can't do.
We
talk about how
to share details in age - appropriate ways (including not sharing at all), give
kids space
to react, encourage action, and accept that as parents, we
simply can't have all the answers, but we can respond in ways that support our
kids, our communities, and ourselves.
If you struggle
to keep your calm when
kids push your buttons, carry loaded emotional backpacks from your own childhood or
simply aren't clear about what an emotionally intelligent response
to everyday parenting challenges looks like, this
talk is for you!
So when it's time
to play board games or
simply listen
to your
kids talk about your day, hide your gadgets, unplug your phone, turn off the TV and give your
kids your undivided attention.
Sometimes,
simply noting what
kids most enjoy,
talk about, or play can provide enough information
to help a child more successfully engage with others.
My father and I
talked about it once and he said that at first, with my oldest sister, he was a bit uncomfortable but he realized it was him and not her... and by the 7th grandkid, he had learned
to overcome himself (as he said, nothing was showing but he
simply didn't remember seeing it till us
kids grew up)
You know, that age range in which you've read Haim Ginott and Faber and Mazlisch and Lawrence Cohen, and you can feel the connect between those theories and how you want
to be parenting your child, but the
kid is just
simply too young
to have the whole «
talk about it» method work.
Amazon FreeTime on Alexa — Parental Controls and Family - Focused Features — All for Free Designed just for parents and
kids, FreeTime on Alexa brings all - new Alexa features and parental controls
to Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Plus, including: • Time Limits — Set bedtime time limits
to protect against
kids talking with Alexa late into the night, or
simply pause Echo devices for dinner or homework time.
As they worked with elementary and middle school
kids in Nantucket, there was no scary
talk or preachy message —
simply an exercise in trying
to step out of now and look forward
to what coasts could look like when today's children are elders.
Step number two is not trying not
to yell at,
talk down
to, be rigidly unbendable towards your
kids,
simply because your
kids will implicitly learn
to do this as well.