April 2009

Grieving Children

Children grieve, and they experience the same range of emotions as adults. These feelings may not be obvious. A child’s sadness ,may not seem to be all consuming. One minute, the child may cry and need comfort. While the death of a family member is a devastating experience., parents need to remember that children, like [...]

Discourage Tattling

Kids need to learn that they can handle problems with each other without always running to a parent to solve everything. When we reward tattling by becoming involved, we encourage it to continue and continue and continue.  The best response to a child who is tattling is to thank them for the information and then [...]