Self-Esteem
- Cooking With Your Boys Measures Up!
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Typically, cooking is stereotyped as a “woman’s job,” but I disagree. The kitchen is one room in the house that definitely shouldn’t be labeled “no boys allowed.” In fact, Santa delivered my boys their first play kitchen before they even had a baby sister!
- In the Kitchen with Grandma
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Cooking with grandma and grandpa in the kitchen can be a great bonding experience for kids, not to mention a huge learning tool (i.e., math skills, geography, cultures and traditions, safety rules, etc.). Here are some great kids’ cooking ideas to share with your young cooks.
- I ♥ You! Raising Your Child to be Kind and Caring
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Kind children…caring children…and heck, just all-around nice kids are plain fun to be near. They’re considerate. Respectful. Well balanced. And, quite frankly, utterly delightful. In all honesty, however, kids usually don’t turn out that way by accident. Quite the opposite, …
- Building Self-Esteem In Children: Tips and Pitfalls
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While doing a bit of research for this blog, I reflected rather intensely on my own parenting skills. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I have one child, my daughter Isabella, who has special needs, and another young child, my …
- Parenting and Socio-emotional Development
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Part of our mission for the blog is to provide parents with information from experts in the child development field that we hope you find useful! Take a look at some of our previous posts by Drs. Anderson-Fye and Przeworski …
- Making Negative Interactions Positive
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Many times, as parents, we snap at a child without meaning to. For example, if a child spills a bottle of juice all over the floor, we may say something like “Why didn’t you watch what you were doing?” Or …
- Praising Artwork, Musical Abilities, and Athletic Skills
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There is often controversy over self-esteem and how to handle praising children’s artwork, musical talents, and athletic ability. Some feel that customary praise may contribute to children developing lower self-esteem, in that it may lead to seeking external (parents, teachers, …
- Emotions and Self-Esteem
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When your child is distraught adults tend to want to make the hurt child feel better as soon as possible. In these scenarios, parents often tell children things like: “You’re okay” “Don’t cry, it will be alright.” While it is …
- Language and Self-Esteem in Parenting Young Children
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Self esteem is often a hot topic among parents and educators. Research on self esteem has examined the way children are praised and suggests that not all praise is equal. The way we praise children and the language we use …