Later, when we were listening to Christmas music as we were putting up the tree, I didn't even try to make up a story about how decorating was going to go. I just experienced it as it happened and that was enjoyable.
Communication Skills
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Parents spend a significant amount of time talking to kids. |
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Making time to share time and interests with your child refills your love-tank and lets you bounce back after struggles. Small moments in every day, every week, keep us connected. |
Why regularly share the evening meal as a family? How does this routine activity serve us beyond nourishment? It has been said that the table is the heart of the home. At the table, we rejoin the pack in a timeless ritual. |
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"Parent education provides caregivers with knowledge, resources, skill-building practices, and it helps parents and caregivers learn tools and strategies to... read more |
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“We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can introduce an additional set of instructions on how a gene is read to become hard-wired into DNA. |
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"Mindful parenting, to me, means parenting from the heart with open eyes and an ever curious mind - seeing our children afresh every time we look at them, trying to... read more |
"Part of the core of parenting is teaching our children about emotions: what they're feeling and what to do about it, and how to empathize with others. This skill is referred to as "emotional literacy." |
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