Each week I answer a question submitted on our You Tube channel.
This week’s question is from Rochelle from Fort Meyers who asks: “I can’t get my son to eat anything. Every night it’s a battle at dinner. I want him to have a healthy meal but he just refuses to eat. Please help [...]
As parents, we all have our days, don’t we? When nothing seems to go right—the teen won’t unglue herself from the TV to do her homework, the 6-year-old won’t touch anything on his plate for dinner, and the toddler won’t take a bath without splashing water to all corners of the bathroom.
These are the days [...]
It’s summer! For many of us, this is our favorite time of the year—the slow pace, the long days and no school activities to rush around to.
On the other hand, if we’re not careful, having the kids home all summer with no clear-cut responsibilities can slowly drive us crazy. First there’s the whining for [...]
For those of us who aren’t teachers or stay-at-home parents, summer can throw us into a panic of, “but what will we do with the kids?!?” While some of the summer weeks may be spent happily kicking soccer balls, staging plays and building birdhouses at various kids’ camps, lots of families also involve grandparents in [...]
As a parent, the words “No, I won’t,” or “You do it,” from our kids is enough to make us cringe. In fact, back talk is the number one parenting complaint from all the parents I’ve worked with—and it can be so hard to get kids to respond to our requests without whining, eye-rolling, or [...]
You may not be potty training toddlers or buckling car seats anymore, but your parenting days are hardly over. As a parent of a tween or teen, you’re likely faced with a child who used to love to spend time with you—but now doesn’t want to get close as she turns instead to her peers. [...]