Children and Lying: 2 Great Strategies To Encourage Honesty
Most experts agree that lying is a pretty typical childhood behavior and is usually a passing phase. Children will start lying at age around age 3. Developmentally they do not know the difference between reality and fantasy. They don’t even know that they are not telling the truth. At this age they also engage in […]
Children and Choices: Using Humor To Raise an Independent Child
In our previous posts we spoke about the philosophy behind offering children choices. We discussed why parent’s should offer children choices and how it benefits both adults and children. Just a quick review: Being independent and autonomous is a basic human need. Kids want their parent’s to take care of them but they want to […]
Praising Children: The Secret To Appreciating Your Child’s Goodness
My grandmother used to sing me this nursery rhyme and it has always stuck in my head: There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very, very good, But when she was bad, she was horrid. Now as an adult […]