Focus on Better Behavior

We live in an age where many kids think they are entitled, believing that they don’t need to contribute to the household. I am not a firm believe in giving money for chores and it’s important to teach your children that the whole family needs to contribute to keep the house since all of you [...]

The stage between middle childhood and adolescence is usually the hardest between the ages of 10-12, this will prepare you for the teen years which have been known to be some of the most challenging years of parenthood. Tweens start coming into their own and may begin to back-talk, ignore and roll their eyes at [...]

I read about a recent poll that asked people if birthdays for kids had gotten out of control. It was an overwhelming “yes”. Many believe that in this age, parents go overboard and it’s really to show off for other parents, not to have a party for the kids. When I was a kid, we [...]

Gone are the days of time-outs, distractions and gold stars when it comes to teens,  new tactics need to be used at this age. However, routine can still work with teenagers, they do well with clear guidelines and limited choices. Kids may bring all sorts of contracts home once school begins, for homework or athletics. [...]

Sometimes kids go through a time when they don’t want ton play “win or lose” games for fear of losing. Some kids can be very sensitive about losing a game especially when their classmates may  be better at some things than they are. At this age they begin to realize that they are moving away [...]