Over-Protecting Your Kids

By uss_dad, on January 24th, 2011%

By uss_dad

Every child needs protection….but many parents let their own insecurities take this element of parenting to the extreme. The mere notion that a child must be shielded from all pain is neither practical nor realistic.

Moms tend to be more over-protecting than dads as a rule, but I have seen both. The situation . . . → Read More: Over-Protecting Your Kids

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Do You Have A Complainer?

By uss_mom, on January 22nd, 2011%

Do you have any adult friends who just complain all of the time about everything? It gets old pretty fast. Most complainers did not begin this life-pattern as adults—they started as children!

If you have a child who complains too much of the time, adopt a new rule around home that their complaint will . . . → Read More: Do You Have A Complainer?

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