Food, music, activities, party favors, etc. – the party hosts have much planning and preparations on their minds, the last thing they need is to have to follow up on who hasn’t responded to their child’s birthday invitation. Therefore, it is polite and proper etiquette to respond as to whether or not your child will…
Read More
Understanding the difference between tattling and informing In Part 1 of Teaching a Tattler, I talked about the difference between tattling and informing. In this post, we’ll discuss training and follow up strategies. Take time for training After explaining tattling versus informing, role-play scenarios to reinforce the difference to your kids. For example, you could…
Read More
Understanding the difference between tattling and informing “I’m telling!” Wait for it… “MOOOMMMMMMM!!” Sound familiar? Dealing with tattling can be tricky. After all, we appreciate being “in the know” about little Peyton’s tendency to stray into the neighbor’s yard, or Aaron’s lying habit. But that doesn’t mean we want to hear about every nitpicky complaint…
Read More
Making change If you’ve followed the advice from my previous post, you’ve broken the habit of paying for good grades. But oddly enough, your child still isn’t jumping for joy to study her geography lesson. Fortunately, we have a variety of other techniques at our disposal to help your kids stick to their studies without…
Read More
How do you get the grade without breaking the bank? Book report or soccer practice? You can probably guess which one your child would prefer. Each year, our kids have more opportunities in school, more sports to play, and more clubs to join. How can we prevent studying from falling to the bottom of their…
Read More