This blog postdiscusses communicating with kids while they are at camp: http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuagans/2012/07/11/is-it-a-good-idea-to-communicate-with-your-child-at-camp/
Read More »Road trips
July 10, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This link offers some tips to keeping kids entertained on the road (both electronic and not): http://www.nanny.net/blog/10-great-ways-to-kill-time-in-the-car-on-family-road-trips/
Read More »The ideal childhood
July 09, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Under Pressure: rescuing our children from the culture of hyper-parenting, by journalist, author, and parent, Carl Honore, is a frank look at concepts about ideal childhood, and ideal parenting, past and present. The author looks at what it means to come at children with preexisting concepts and assumptions about how they should excel, as opposed […]
Read More »The cup perspective
July 09, 2012 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
I still remember the first time I witnessed the power of metaphor with a client. Michael was 14 years old. He had bounced from one therapist to the next and was guarded, cynical about adults in general, and therapists in particular. He had run away from his parents’ house on several occasions. To put it […]
Read More »Communuication and kids
July 09, 2012 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
Some tips on teaching key skills: http://www.eacourier.com/news/parenting-tips-communication-skills-children/article_1b362216-c7bc-11e1-ae20-0019bb2963f4.html
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