by Sharon Silver | Jan 18, 2021 | Proactive Parenting Blog |
Connect Even While Correcting Your Child’s Behavior I live in a major city where I witness people being curt, mean, and yelling at each other every single day. I also notice sweet, generous people tending to their kids and their lives every single day. There are times...
by Sharon Silver | Nov 29, 2020 | Proactive Parenting Blog |
Santa is everywhere you look during the holiday season, and that can be confusing for children. Seeing so many Santas inevitably brings up the question, “Is Santa real? And if Santa is real, which Santa is real?” No parent wants to lie to his or her child....
by Sharon Silver | Nov 18, 2020 | Proactive Parenting Blog |
Remember the TV show, Father Knows Best? The father was the epitome of calm wisdom. When one of his children misbehaved, it was clear that it was 100% the child’s fault for making him angry. That generation believed it was a parent’s right to yell, punish, and shame...
by Sharon Silver | Nov 12, 2020 | Proactive Parenting Blog, Uncategorized |
Every parent wants one method to deal with behavior. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Not only isn’t there one method, but there isn’t one answer, either. Everything in parenting is about weaving the past, the present, and the future into the choices you make...
by Sharon Silver | Oct 21, 2020 | Proactive Parenting Blog, Uncategorized |
Anxiety 2020, need I say more? For some kids, anxiety is crippling, and they need professional assistance to manage it. For other kids, anxiety requires parents to teach them how to break apart their fears, stress, or anxiety so that they can rely on those steps for a...