In front of the wood-burning stove, well into winter, we began our typical summer vacation daydreaming.
In front of the wood-burning stove, well into winter, we began our typical summer vacation daydreaming. |
In a way, summer vacation reminds me of giving birth. When it's over, I forget the difficult parts and look forward to the next one. |
Summertime can bring a variety of opportunities to connect with our children and enjoy new experiences together. Here are three ways my family deepens our connections with one another during the summertime... |
I loved my childhood summer vacations, but what is it like for parents? |
One of the best things about summer vacation for children who attend traditional school is that there is no fixed schedule. |
This Father's Day, we meet Thiago Queiroz, a dad who has been absolutely on fire for supporting other fathers in his native Brazil since his oldest of 4 children was born a decade ago. |
Reconnecting after being apart, whether for an hour or during the workday, is essential for families. |
Some days, I feel like I do a pretty good job of balancing my career, my family, and myself. Other days, it feels like I'm falling desperately behind and failing on all three counts. |
My 9-year-old son has never said "I love you." I honestly never gave it a second thought until I realized I was being told "I love you" multiple times daily by my 5-year-old daughter. |
We want to celebrate our child's unique traits, but sometimes their differences can be worrying. |
While maternal warmth was predictive of better behavior regulation in the child overall, maternal responsiveness to child distress was specifically related to the child’s internalization of rules of conduct. |
Permissive parenting intensified boys’ behavioral problems, and harsh discipline was related to child behavioral problems regardless of gender, but parent education lessened child behavioral problems, particularly for girls. |
Harsh discipline contributed to child behavior problems. |
Authoritative parenting—high on positive parenting and monitoring but low on inconsistent discipline—had the best long-term outcomes of all parenting styles. |
Insecurely attached children showed more resentful opposition toward their mothers than did those with secure attachments. |
Regardless of the quality of non-parental child care, children from low-quality home environments had more behavioral problems and children from high-quality homes had fewer behavioral problems. |
High-quality parenting was predictive of greater academic and social skills for all children, but particularly children with a difficult temperament. In addition, high-quality non-parental child care predicted fewer behavioral problems in children with difficult temperaments. |
Post-deployment programs that address parenting would be helpful, especially for families with children from birth through age 5, as this age group is particularly vulnerable to changes in attachment patterns. |
While it is well known that traumatic or extended separations negatively impact child development, even week-long separations that occur within the first two years of life have lasting consequences on child behavior. |
Child sleep problems are based more on culturally-influenced parental perceptions than actual biological reasons, and nighttime sleep issues tended to be perceived more problematic than daytime naps. |