칭찬은 아이를 강하게 만든다
‘칭찬은 고래도 춤추게 한다’ 속담처럼 사람들은 칭찬이 가진 힘을 믿지만 막상 아이를 칭찬하는데 있어선 인색하기 싶다. 아이가 잘하는 것에 대해선 당연하게 여기고, 못하는 것에만 자꾸 눈길을 주고 혼내게 되는 경우가 많다. 코스에 왔던 아빠 중 한 분이 ‘우리 아이는 지금 6살인데 고집이 세고, 샤워하는 걸 싫어해요’라고 불만을 이야기했다. 아이가 혹시…
You’re making me angry
When I was parenting my children this whole idea of learning how to calm down when I was feeling angry, frustrated, annoyed and upset never really occurred to me. I remember clearly that it was their fault that I was annoyed with them and frequently told them so. I told…
别忽略了打招呼和道别的重要性
by Julie Cole
Translated by Haiying Dong
以前我曾说过，当你见到孩子时，总表现出一副很开心的样子，这是非常重要的。
无论是当孩子步入学校时，还是当我从童子军活动中接到他们时，我都会表现出见到他们是如何异于寻常的兴奋。 有时甚至不得不假装如此 – 尽管那时我希望他们能再消失一小时，但他们不需要知道这点。 早上，我非常努力地尝试在说“你怎么还不换衣服？”或者“你怎么还不整理床铺？”前给孩子一个“早安”拥抱。 (more…)
Teenage Rebellion
For us as parents of nearly teenagers, the very thought of this strikes the very dept of our parenting heart. We worry about what will we do if our teen rebels. How will we cope? If our child is already a rebelling teen we tend to feel desperate and often…
孩子在幼儿园所学的社交技能比他们的“学习”更重要
Translated by Peipei Wu and Haiying Dong
幼儿的父母总是担心孩子在进入他们“学习”生涯之前是不是学到了足够的知识。
“Johnny能读出100个高频单词吗？”
“Betty知道怎么从1数到500吗？” (more…)
教孩子管理他们的屏幕时间
（较为适用于4-10岁的孩子）
原文作者：Ashley Soderlund
Peipei Wu翻译 Edith Yi 校对
Whanau Marama Parenting的董海英认为此策略可能不太适合青少年，在我们要求青少年规范自己的屏幕时间之前，先要看看我们自己有多少时间是用在电脑，Ipad 和手机上的。对于青少年越是公平与合理的，越容易遵守和接纳。