Posts tagged children
5 Reasons Children Move, Squirm, and Fidget

Squirming is learning.

“Stop moving”, “Sit still”, “Stop touching everything”. Parents and teachers repeat these words until they are blue in the face, followed up with “how can I help this child stop squirming”….

There is a time when squirming is actually beneficial for a child, and adult intervention can hinder a child's growth and

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How to Parent a Management Driven Child: 4 ways to make your day Smoother

Clarification to the title: This post is not going to tell you how to manage your kids. I’m going to leave that alone with a 10-foot pole. This post is going to share with you tips to parenting a child who is the manager of their own selves. As in, you, the highly educated, 30+ year old parent, are not qualified to be their manager, therefore they must take management into their own hands.

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How to Handle a Call from your Child’s Teacher

Here's the thing, as a mom you really hope you never see your child’s school number pop up on the screen of your phone. Day or night, it’s normally not the number that gets you all excited and full of hope.

It’s not going to be easy to accept that call, but if you can gather the chaos in your head, and calm the profuse sweating, you just might find some thought provoking information from the mouth of a 5-year-old.

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