Empathy vs Sympathy: Do you care more about your child’s feelings or your own?
There is a fine line between sympathy and empathy but learning the difference can make huge changes in your relationship with your child.
Big Kids
5 Steps to Keep Your Family Slim
By now you have probably heard the alarming news: 65% of Americans are overweight – 30% who are obese. Our children’s generation is the first generation who will not live longer than their parents.
Discipline & Punishment: What research tells us works…and doesn’t work
Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW coaches the parents of two toddlers on what research shows about discipline and punishment, what works effectively…and what should be avoided.
How To Get Your Child to Tame Their Temper
We all say and do things we don’t mean. How many times have you screamed or slammed a door or hit a child and moments later regretted it. You knew better, right? So how come you didn’t do what you wished you had in the moment? Because your fears and assumptions got the better of […]
How to talk to your kids about sex
Talking to kids about sex can be a nerve-racking experience for any parent. Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW role plays with Kate Raidt how to effectively talk to your kids about sex...today!
Summer Sleepovers: How to Combine Fun and Safety
If you’re planning on hosting a sleepover this summer, here are some tips to make the evening and the middle of the night go more smoothly.
How mass media is affecting your child
Do your kids regularly play video games, watch TV, use the internet, iPod or cell phone? Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW discusses how mass media can tremendously affect your child's behavior.
How To Keep Your Child From Falling Behind This Summer
Studies have found that students lose the most ground – more than two months of learning – in math. Two months of loss means that children returning to school in September have lost the math they learned in April and May.
7 Ideas For School-Age Summer Fun
Be sure to try these early in the summer, since most of them provide enjoyment over and over.
3 Quick Tips To Get Kids To Read This Summer
Don’t tie reading to any sort of rewards or punishment. Make some reading every day a requirement but also put books in front of your child that he wants to read.
5 Summer Fun Ideas…On a Budget
Summer is here… your kids are surely looking forward to the break from school. How about you? Are you feeling ready for your family-together-time? If you aren’t feeling so ready—consider sitting down with the kids to brainstorm fun activity ideas together. Have the kids write out a list of things they would like to do […]
5 Things Summer Vacation Can Teach Your Kids
Sometimes a child’s great idea, the one that makes him rouse from his boredom with a shout of “I’ve got it!” – sometimes it’s an idea too large, too dangerous, or too expensive to pull off.