Adventures in Early Childhood Development

Posts tagged ‘discipline’

Life folds in familiar patterns.

I taught my children from the age of three, that every morning you get up and make your bed before you do anything else. Every day of my life, I get up and make my bed before I do anything else. It is a familiar fold. It is not a familiar fold for my husband. His question: Why make a bed you are only going to mess in the evening? That question prompts another:

And I grew up OK…

  I have been a Preschool Director for over two decades and I have had many a conference with parents regarding their child’s difficulties adjusting to school and interacting positively with their peers. It is never easy to hear that your child is having difficulties.  Some parents take it well, and others don’t.   Since [...]

Do you love them enough…

Do you love them enough not to be their friend? That’s right. Can you stand firm when they utter the words … “I don’t like you anymore”?   Parenting is not for wimps. Over the course of their lifetime your child will interact with many different people. Some will become their friends, some will not. [...]

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