Parenting Teenagers

Parenting Teens
by:  © Alan Carson ACPI© Coach for Parents
Having taught, coached, counseled teens for a career, and being the father of a seventeen-year old, I think I know teens.  In my opinion, here is how we need to parent teenagers:
1) Teens absolutely need to be trusted. It is beyond wanting to be trusted.  They [...]

Children’s Emotional Needs

Teaching Through Love Instead of Fearby Pam Leo
“However we treat the child, the child will treat the world.” – Pam Leo
Can you imagine threatening your partner or good friend by counting “One… two… three…” if he or she did not do what you wanted?
One of the big issues in schools today is “bullying.” Parents [...]

Quality Time With Children

Virtually all parents consider a trip to the playground or a museum to be quality time with their children. An afternoon spent together at a park is quality time; however children need more than just quality time with their parents; they need connection time.
We are well aware as to when our children feel connected [...]

Peer Pressure

How BIG Is Peer Pressure?by:Alan Carson, ACPI© Coach for Parents
Until recently, the only time in my life I went gambling was with my buddies during my first year of teaching.  I was asked to play “penny poker,” and was told to bring a bunch of pennies, nickels and dimes.  Even though it was thirty years [...]

Time-Management-for-Kids

 
 
Educating and encouraging your children to practice time management can be fun and practical. When you are able to help them better manage their time, it can be enormously helpful to you as well. Teaching your kids time management now will undoubtedly help them have a more productive life in the future.
 
Start out by getting [...]

Time Management for Parents

Here are 3 interesting tips about Time Saving Tips for parents:
Tip #1 is an attitude and mindset tip.
Tip #2 is a household concept.
Tip #3 is a very practical nugget.
There are hundreds of additional tips in my book, Creating Hours.

What would you do with an extra 2-6 hours each and every day?
Best wishes for productive days:)
Ellen
P.S.  [...]

Help Kids Study

Did you know that kids learn in many ways, yet schools test in only one?  This ultimately means that the written tests used in school, favors only one kind of learner.
While we all wish that written tests weren’t the only measure of your child’s success in school, it turns out we’ve been in a test-crazy [...]

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