Tips & Advice
As a parent, have you ever encountered a stage in your child’s life that you thought “I have no idea what I am doing”? I have, more than I can remember. Parenting is not easy. However, we have each other. We have mothers who have had ten children and we have had mothers with one child. Every family comes with a unique outlook and different ways they handled different issues. Why not learn from each other. Here, I will share my tips & advice for mothers in different stages. I will share what I did with my child, whether is was right or not, and I will share what professionals say. We will cover everything from babies to teenagers and from diaper changes to college goodbyes. I do not have all the experience of an empty nester but I have resources and I will bring it all together for every parent.
12 Ways to Teach your Children to be Grateful
”> ”> ”> Being grateful is more than thank you, but this is usually how we begin to teach our children to be grateful. Teaching them to be grateful is one of the most important things you can ever teach them because it is wiring their brain to be a glass is half full type of person. We all know optimist are happier than pessimists. So, we are literally teaching our children how to be happy. I discussed the outcomes of being grateful on our own mental health in a guest post. So, why would being grateful not help our children fight against any mental illness that may come their…
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