Chores
April 4th, 2011 at 07:28pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Purpose: To provide an environment where children can learn and practice organizational skills and to reduce parent- child conflict How to: Family calendar. Track everyone’s activities large calendar, that is hung where everyone can see it. ( Kitchen for example,)Assign each member their own color marker for their entries. Always reference the calendar when making [...]
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Tags: Chores, disrespectful kids, parenting advice, Parenting Calm, role models, routine, susan epstein
By Susan Epstein
March 28th, 2011 at 06:58pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Sometimes when we want to help our kids succeed we get carried away and end up doing their work for them. It is important to be clear with your children that you’ve already been to school and now it’s their turn. When a child does something on their own with some help from you, they [...]
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Tags: Children, Chores, homework, listening, parenting, Parenting Calm, stop nagging, susan epstein, teens, tweens
By Susan Epstein
March 21st, 2011 at 09:30pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Here is an excerpt from ‘Are You Tired Of Nagging?’ (Back by popular demand) How to Outsource Your Laundry for Free: Life Skills Training Most parents struggle with getting kids to pitch in and do chores and most parents feel like all they do is nag the kids day in and day out. This can [...]
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Tags: Chores, discipline, parenting, Parenting Calm, teens, tired of nagging, tweens
By Susan Epstein
October 25th, 2010 at 01:45am
Under Teens/Tweens
Dear Parent Coach Susan, “The doctor says my son does not have ADD, only the processing disorder which looks like ADD sometimes. He seems to need me to wake him, tell him what to do specifically i.e. Do your math, then do your social studies. When cleaning his room I used to say “pick up [...]
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Tags: ADD, ADHD, Autism, Child Special Needs, Children, Children special needs homework, Chores, organization, processing disorders, teens, tweens
By Susan Epstein
October 17th, 2010 at 11:48pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Dear Parent Coach Susan, My step son feels that he rules the house. He moved in with us to “get away” from the drugs and start a fresh life, which with it came new tv, car, phone, an allowance and other goodies he didnt have with his mother. I sat him down and made it [...]
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Tags: calm parenting, Chores, discipline, free parenting help, parenting advice, Parenting advice teens, Parenting Calm, rules of the house
By Susan Epstein
