On the day we send our children off to preschool, we struggle with the reality that they are still so young, yet this is their first step toward independence. Yet, they are still little and rely on us for so much. In fact, our children started this move toward independence long before preschool. At Parenting [...]
They come at you from left field! Just when you thought that everything was going smoothly, your daughter is in tears or screaming at you about something you can’t understand – because she is screaming! As a parent, it is so hard to know how to react to these feelings. Sometimes, your child can tell [...]
“Most parents do not ask about discipline because they are so far from the mindset that discipline should even exist anymore,” Judy Trickett, a daycare provider based in Ontario, explains of her experience. Judy’s blog “What Do I Know? I’m Just the Babysitter” is a humorous, often sarcastic series of stories based on her daily [...]
Esther Joseph doesn’t need to read studies or statistics to understand the problems of child abuse. She survived it. Joseph, an advocate against corporal punishment in the home, spent her childhood alternately suffering physical abuse from her mother and emotional abuse from her father. But she doesn’t consider herself a victim. “I’m a survivor of [...]
Is it ever OK to use physical discipline on children? Any paediatrician, early childhood development expert or child psychologist would tell you “No. Physical discipline is never recommended and in fact does more harm than good.” This point of view is easy enough to understand, spanking and other forms of harsh discipline have long been [...]
