The weather is warming up quickly. Summer camp registration is well underway. Before you know it, the pool will be open and it will be time for the beach, picnics and barbeques. It won’t be long before your kids come home from school shouting, “School’s out for summer!!” Do those words bring you a feeling [...]
Focus on Family: How To Get Kids Motivated
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s a beautiful spring day, but instead of spending it outside your child has been sitting in front of the TV for hours. You know your child is smart but he/she only puts forth minimal effort and doesn’t seem to care about schoolwork and getting into college. Getting your child to do his/her chores had [...]
Focus on Family: Keeping Your Cool With The Kids
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever felt so frustrated at your kids that you’ve reacted in ways you NEVER thought you would? Have you done things like: screamed your head off at them? hit them and then felt terrible afterwards? said things to them in anger that you didn’t really mean? found yourself thinking, “This is not the kind [...]
Focus On Family: Children Need Affection
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We love our children deeply, in a way that is difficult to measure. Much of our time is spent caring for them, thinking of them, teaching them, and helping them grow. Since we invest so much of our time, thoughts and caring in our children, most parents would probably say, “Of course my child knows [...]
Focus on Family: Allowing Children What They Need
November 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What do our kids really need to grow up to be healthy and successful? There is a lot of pressure for kids to excel in school and at test taking, to join numerous extra-curricular activities, and from themes in the media to be advanced, and even sexy. In the past, I’ve touched on some of [...]
Focus on Family: New Habit For The New School Year
September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Each new school year brings with it a fresh start for you and your family. I would like you to consider a habit that will have a positive effect on your child’s success; eat dinner as a family most nights of the week. This simple act of sharing a meal brings countless rewards for children. [...]
Focus On Family: Showing Love By Listening
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Listening shows children we love them. As parents, we listen to our kids by paying attention to the words they are saying and by repeating back to them what we’ve heard them say . In Imago Therapy, this is called “mirroring”. Parents do this by saying, “What I heard you say was…” Parents can also [...]
