Most people who endured a bad childhood and have not taken a painful honest look within often repeat old bad parenting patterns and become a negative statistic. These behaviors become automatic, unconscious and without thought.
When my now 8 year old child entered preschool for the first time at age 3, I remember being very worried if he would eat at school, how the separation would go and the beginning of toilet training. It was a time of building independence for him and for me.
The biggest bedtime mistake parents of toddlers make is bringing the youngster into the marital bed in the middle of the night. This is the hidden secret of thousands of parents in the 21st Century! During the 1940’s and ’50’s, the big challenge was feeding....
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, for every five students, one or more are being bullied. This data was collected from a survey with more than 2,300 student participants, with ages ranging between 12 and 18 years-of-age.