Archive for November, 2008
November 30th, 2008 at 08:11am
Under Children
Home stretch after the long Holiday Weekend. Cooking, company, shopping, kids, kids, kids! Maybe it is only 8am on Sunday morning and your nerves are already frazzled. How do you stay calm? When getting your child to respect you sometimes in the repeating over and over again, “You will not speak to me that [...]
Continue Reading Kids Pushing Your Buttons? How to Stay Calm.
Tags: angry kids, disrespectful kids, kids behaviors, kids chores, parenting advice, parenting help
By Susan Epstein
November 25th, 2008 at 04:44pm
Under Family
I have to say that next to Passover, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love getting together with family without the “gifts”.
I usually look for a story or quote to read at the table before we eat. We stay at the table long after the food is gone and tell stories and jokes. My dad [...]
Continue Reading Parent Coach Susan’s Holiday Traditions
Tags: Holidays, Thanksgiving, Traditions
By Susan Epstein
November 25th, 2008 at 04:22pm
Under Children+ Teens/Tweens
Last night on my Cable TV Show, The Parenting Power Hour, my guest, Beverly Carr, LCSW and I discussed holidays and the stress they can have on families. Some of the stressors that came up were:
Divorce
Anniversary of a death in a family
Military who are not home for the holidays
Family Conflict
Finances
Kids schedules thrown off
Parents who have [...]
Continue Reading Family Traditions: Don’t Change The Stuffing Recipe
Tags: Family, holiday stress, Holidays, kids behaviors, parenting advice, Thanksgiving, Traditions
By Susan Epstein
November 20th, 2008 at 05:16pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Recently I have been speaking to parents about how their evenings are structured. What I found out was interesting…
Parents who work out of the house…tend to give their infants a later bedtime..somewhere around the time they go to bed themselves. They tell the child care providers to let baby sleep as long as s/he needs [...]
Continue Reading Bedtime for Baby…Is Midnight OK?
Tags: baby, bed time, kids staying up late, parent discussion
By Susan Epstein
November 18th, 2008 at 09:38pm
Under Children
Can you believe that it’s that time of the year again?
The Holidays can stir up all kinds of feelings. Perhaps you are getting a bit excited in the planning of the next 6 weeks… or maybe you are putting it off because you are dreading all the hassles and stresses associated with the holidays with your kids.
Some common problems for families [...]
Continue Reading Finances, Travel, Overwhelmed…How to Enjoy the Holidays
Tags: finances holiday, holiday stress, parenting, scaling down the holidays
By Susan Epstein
