Teresa Te

By The Rules: 3 Behavior Management Strategies For Every Age

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

Kids are masters at testing limits; it’s how they learn about the world and become independent. Unfortunately, the majority of children engage in this type of behavior to learn about you as well – when mom says to clean up, can they ignore her for five minutes? For twenty minutes? Figuring out what makes their parents mad and what they can get away with is just part of growing up.

As a parent, of course, you want you children to behave, ideally the first time you give a direction, but this won’t always happen and there will need to be consequences. If you’re currently struggling to provide your child with healthy boundaries or coping with problematic behaviors, it’s time to make a change. These 3 tried and true strategies for handling problem behaviors may be just what you need.

Consistency Is Key

One of the most important things that parents need to do when applying rules and disciplining their children is to always be consistent. If the rules say your child can’t eat in the living room, but you let them have a snack on the couch sometimes, then you can’t expect your child to understand whether or not that rule is actually meaningful. This leads to testing – your child will take food to the couch, and if you ignore it one day and yell about it the next, they may become anxious or unsure of how to respond. [Read more…] about By The Rules: 3 Behavior Management Strategies For Every Age

Originally posted on August 24, 2016 @ 10:00 am

3 Ways to Encourage Your Children To Develop a Healthy Work Ethic

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

With today’s ever competitive workforce, it’s important for parents to give their children the best chance possible to be able to provide for themselves as adults. Too often we see young adults who don’t have the drive or determination to put in the work necessary to become accomplished in their fields or persevere ahead of their peers. So what can parents do for their little ones now in order to help instill vital work ethic skills into their small characters? To help you on this journey of self discovery, here are three ways parents and other adults can encourage children to develop a healthy work ethic. [Read more…] about 3 Ways to Encourage Your Children To Develop a Healthy Work Ethic

Originally posted on June 28, 2016 @ 8:11 am

Five Ways To Add More Culture Into Your Child’s Life

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

When it comes to being a parent you want to give your child everything they need, from raising them right to making sure that they have everything they want. You want them to be respectable, you want them to be knowledgeable, but in order to do all of that you need to work to raise a well rounded child.

Raising a well rounded child also has something to do with their experiences. A child that spends most of their time at home, playing games, will be less social. If you want your child to learn history, art, culture, and be more social, here are some ways to add more culture to their lives that will help with just that.

Originally posted on June 11, 2016 @ 3:21 pm

Late-Life Decisions For Adults and Their Parents

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

Sometimes the idea of parenting isn’t just about kids, but also about your parents as well. When your mom and dad get past retirement age and into the ‘elderly’ category, there are a lot of decisions to be made, and the more you can communicate these details with each other early on, the better those decisions are going to be.

To make a point of this, consider living situation arrangements, the process of will-writing, moving financial resources around later in life, end-of-life care (like hospice, for example), and funeral arrangements. All of these can and should be dealt with when you are your parents are still both cognizant of consequences of decisions. [Read more…] about Late-Life Decisions For Adults and Their Parents

Originally posted on June 28, 2016 @ 10:16 am

When Your Child Doesn’t Talk: Hearing Issues Underlying Speech Delay

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

When you child doesn’t speak much, there are several different causes that might run through your head. First, there may be panic – parents tend to immediately worry that children who are slow to speak may be autistic, but limited speech isn’t the only symptom of autism. Those parents with chatty older children may also worry that the other siblings speak for or over their younger children, discouraging them from developing speech.

One commonly overlooked reason that your child may be slow to learn to speak, however, is that they’re suffering from hearing problems. These can be caused by any number of things, and using hearing aids and providing speech therapy early on is vital to helping your child meet communication milestones.

Causing Of Childhood Hearing Loss

Many children are born with compromised hearing, which may go undetected due to the difficulty of accurately testing hearing in young children. Children born prematurely or who spent time in the NICU are more prone to such problems, as are those who go on to suffer a large number of ear infections or who have relatives who also had childhood hearing loss. It’s also important to remember that young children are especially susceptible to hearing damage, so make sure you protect your child’s ears if they’re going be in a loud environment. [Read more…] about When Your Child Doesn’t Talk: Hearing Issues Underlying Speech Delay

Originally posted on August 3, 2016 @ 9:58 am

Smart Parenting Means Smart Landscaping

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

If you’re a parent and have a home with a yard, then you know that there are plenty of ways that your kids can get into situations with your surrounding landscaping. There are things that can break, things to trip over, branches with thorns, bushes that have tasty-looking berries that will still make you sick, and a host of other things just waiting to become altercations with your children.

So, five aspects of your lawn to pay attention to might include organic lawn care, injury-free decorations and ornamentation, being smart about watering systems, planting non-poisonous bushes and shrubs, and using easy-to-trim designs to keep your workload down during the growing months. [Read more…] about Smart Parenting Means Smart Landscaping

Originally posted on May 4, 2016 @ 8:35 am

Tips For Teaching Your Child How To Care For A Pet Dog Or Puppy

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

Every child wants a pet at some point, and often their pet of choice is a dog or a puppy. They say they’ll take care of them and you won’t have to do any work, but they don’t realize that taking care of a dog is about more than just playing with them. They also don’t realize that a dog can be an expensive investment that costs money for many years.

One good reason to get a dog, or a puppy, though, is when your whole family wants one and wants to chip in to raise it and care for it. Don’t just get one for your child, as your dog will become a part of your whole family. [Read more…] about Tips For Teaching Your Child How To Care For A Pet Dog Or Puppy

Originally posted on July 26, 2016 @ 12:01 pm

5 Alternative Destinations For Family Trips

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

There are always going to be the typical destinations for family trips and vacations. There are classics like Disneyland and Disney World. There are the family camping trips in the big trailers with the modern conveniences. There are the trips to the National Parks, and maybe the endeavor down to a theme park like Sea World, or in the Midwest there’s Cedar Point.

But what about alternative types of vacations? What about trips that do something a bit different, that satisfy a unique part of the desire to go somewhere new or see something different? Or maybe even doing something active, or historically important in the greater context of things? [Read more…] about 5 Alternative Destinations For Family Trips

Originally posted on May 16, 2016 @ 2:54 pm

Spoiling Yourself As a Parent: The Royal Treatment

May 30, 2023 By Teresa Te

Not everything about being a parent means that you have to focus just on your kids. You’re still an adult. You still enjoy your personal time, and you still have your individuality. Plus, as an adult, you have money that you didn’t have when you were younger, so at some point, you should spoil yourself and give yourself a reward for your hard work. Yes, your time will probably be largely selfless as you help your kids grow up, but give yourself some credit!

And a few ways to do this, once you get the funds in order, would be to do things like buy a pedicure chair, take a vacation without the kids, go for the occasional dinner and a movie date, create your perfect master bedroom, or maybe even buy a nice car.

Originally posted on June 16, 2016 @ 2:17 pm