parenting advice
November 15th, 2010 at 02:35pm
Under Teens/Tweens
A parent’s biggest worry while raising teens is letting them go. Letting them be independent, unsupervised and of course driving the family car can cause panic and fear in even the most prepared mom or dad. We yell out the door, “Be careful, wear your seat belt, keep your eyes on the road, call me [...]
Continue Reading Keeping Teens Safe Away From Home
Tags: Children, contracts, family contracts, growing up, letting go of teens, parenting advice, teens, teens and decision making, teens away from home
By Susan Epstein
November 8th, 2010 at 06:38pm
Under Teens/Tweens
Do you dread bedtime? Does your child call to you after you have already read 3 stories, plus 2 and checked for monsters and lined up the stuffed animals and made sure that the door was ajar in exactly the correct position to your child’s specifications? Does your child get out of bed over and [...]
Continue Reading Helping Children Get to Sleep and Stay in Their Own Beds
Tags: bedtime, Children, children and bedtime routines, parenting advice, parenting powers, sleeping, sleeping problems, susan epstein
By Susan Epstein
November 1st, 2010 at 11:07pm
Under Teens/Tweens
When imposing consequences on your teen for lying or stealing, ask yourself, “what am I trying to teach her?” Does grounding her teach her not to lie and to be more truthful? Will a lecture about morals and right and wrong make an impact? Will grounding her for the next month get your point across? [...]
Continue Reading Kids Lying and Stealing: Why Lecturing, Grounding and Taking Things Away Doesn’t Work
Tags: discipline, lecturing, parenting advice, stealing, 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 [...]
Continue Reading Dear Parent Coach, Susan
Tags: calm parenting, Chores, discipline, free parenting help, parenting advice, Parenting advice teens, Parenting Calm, rules of the house
By Susan Epstein
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:58pm
Under Children+ Family+ Teens/Tweens
If you are a single parent and trying to start over you know what I am talking about. Perhaps you just started dating or you have been with the same person for a long while. Maybe you are thinking of blending your families or maybe you have already done this. But it is not white [...]
Continue Reading If You Really Loved Me…
Tags: blending families, Children, parenting advice, Parenting Calm, parenting powers, stepparenting, susan epstein, teens, tweens
By Susan Epstein
