Helping Children Manage Homework Frustrations

With the creation of routines and the development of healthy work habits, children can get homework done in a timely manner, and with less frustration. Homework time can often be very stressful for children and their parents. Children can feel overwhelmed due to the amount of homework assigned, they may have a lack of understanding [...]

Balancing Home and Work

Parents of today who are busy pursuing a career, maintaining a home and raising children face a complex balancing act. Parents wear many “hats” on a daily basis: they act as coaches, teachers, chauffeurs, guidance counselors, health consultants, social conveyors, conflict managers and cooks – just to name a few. Most parents lack in adequate [...]

Seven Tips for Building a Better Relationship with Your Children

Interacting with our children can be either an experience that produces negative feelings, or a positive one that produces good feelings. The ability to build warm and supportive relationships with our children is essential to effective parenting. It is important for parents to maintain a child’s integrity during interactions so as to foster the healthy [...]

Enhancing the Family Dining Experience

Mealtime for families should be a pleasant experience where members come together to share in themselves. Historically, food is a well-known catalyst for bringing people together – from its preparation to consumption – it should be a family affair. Unfortunately, most family dining experiences are wrought with children complaining about the meal, and parents arguing [...]