Category: parenting

This Is What Happens When Financially Immature Students Get a Credit Card

Our kids are fortunate to be growing up in the most progressive and exciting time in history. Sadly, the very culture that offers them the world is also perpetrating this lie: “You are entitled to have everything you want, even if you don’t have the money to pay for it. It’s not a problem. You…


Peaceful Parenting: What It Is and How to Implement It

Kiva Schuler experienced neglect and trauma in her childhood, fortifying her resolve to offer her own children a better life. She is now a mom of two; the founder of The Jai Institute for Parenting, an organization that trains parenting coaches; and the author of “The Peaceful Parenting (R)evolution: Changing the World by Changing How…


‘The Parenting Map’: A Conversation With Dr. Shefali

Clinical psychologist and best-selling author Shefali Tsabary has become a go-to resource for parents seeking encouragement as they do their very best to raise happy and healthy children. Her new book, “The Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship,” is being described as a parenting manual. At a time when pressures…


How to Practice Positive Parenting

The chaotic state of the world and alarming rates of depression and anxiety among children and teens have today’s parents treading in turbulent waters. I asked Sarah R. Moore, founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting and author of “Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior,” for her advice. Here’s what she said. Sarah…


The Fruits of Liberal Parenting

Commentary For some time, I have been wanting to write about the fruits of liberal/left-wing parenting, originally because of the job Joe Biden did with Hunter. When your son has serious drug and fidelity problems, rewarding him with a trip to China on Air Force Two and the opportunity to make lucrative deals with communist…


Young Chef Aspires to Follow in His Father’s Footsteps

Behind every confident child are parents who believed in them first. (Video courtesy of Chef Abdullah Apuhan) …


Parents of Seven Children Homeschool All Their Kids

“We hope that each of our kids does everything they can to become what God has made them be and grow into their unique purpose.” (Video courtesy of Ariel and Michael Tyson) …


Commission, Not Allowance

Dear Dave, What is the right age to begin giving children an allowance? —Ben Dear Ben, In my mind, there’s never a right time to give kids an allowance. Instead, work out a plan to pay them commissions, and assign them age-appropriate weekly chores. This can be done with very simple tasks starting at an…


Energetic Baby Won’t Let Mom Sleep

A big shout-out to all the moms out there! (Video courtesy of Sumala Cwong) …


How I Got My Kids to Stop Whining in Only 3 Days

For this mother of two young, world-class whiners, the techniques described in the booklet seemed way too simple to be effective, the promised results too good to be true. In desperation, however, I decided to give the anti-whining program — guaranteed to be appropriate for toddlers and up — my best shot by following the…