Book Review: Books about divorce for kids
No matter what the topic, reading a relevant book can help parents navigate through tough times. They are helpful partly because books give us guidance on important concepts to cover, and a script to follow, but also because the pictures give our kids a concrete visual image to go along with our words. Today's post is a list and brief summary of some of my favorite books on divorce for younger kids.
Book Review: Always and Forever
Always and Forever by Alan Durant is a child's picture book about death, grief, and moving on. It's very much the sort of book that I like to review here. But this review came about completely accidentally, and the surprise ultimately made me like it even more.
Kids + Sugar = ?
Ask 10 moms what you get when you mix their kids with a big dose of sugar, and I bet you'll get 10 responses on the same theme: hyperactivity. It's a parenting theory on par with gravity! So imagine my surprise when I read this article in the British Medical Journal, which says that sugar does NOT cause hyperactivity in [...]
Talking with kids about Money
I've recently been invited to contribute tips on talking with your kids about money(particularly around the holidays during this down economy) at a workshop called "How to spend, save and invest in a tight economy". The workshop is hosted by Megan Poore, a financial advisor in central Austin. The workshop primarily focuses on adult issues, but one of her passions [...]
Shyness and Your Child–Part 3
Do you worry about your child's shyness? Do other people label your child shy? Do you wonder if shyness is a problem? In part one of this series about shyness, I talked about times/situations where shyness is normal and not a problem at all. In part two, I listed 5 (big) steps you can take to help your shy child. [...]
Book Review: Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce
When parents of young children divorce, explaining the concept of divorce is often a great challenge. Books can help with this, in part because they give parents a script to follow, concepts to go along with the words, and pictures that give kids a concrete visual image to go along with the words. Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce, by Cornelia [...]
T. Berry Brazelton on Self-esteem, Spanking, and Vegetables!
The New York Times website has a blog called "Well" that recently interviewed Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, one of our country's most known (and loved) pediatricians. He's the author of at least 24 books on parenting, child development, and the like, and he's a bit of a hero to me. In the interview, Dr. Brazelton and co-author Dr. Josh Sparrow [...]
Shyness and Your Child–part 2
Do you worry about your child's shyness? Do other people label your child shy? Do you wonder if shyness is a problem? In part one of this series about shyness, I talked about times/situations where shyness is normal and not a problem at all. But perhaps you are sure that shyness IS a problem... so today's post lists 5 steps you can take to help your shy child.
Helping Children Grieve
No parent wants to use the words "child" and "death" in the same sentence. But life doesn't always honor our wants. In the best circumstances we can introduce children to death gradually.
Shyness and Your Child–part 1
Do you worry about your child's shyness? Do other people label your child shy? Do you wonder if shyness is a problem?