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Words You Should Use Every Day With Your Kids

In an earlie r blog,I wrote how parents should strive to always select appropriate words when communicating with their kids. Did you know there are certain words we should use with our kids every day? There are, according to Dr. Vera Lane and Dr. Dorothy Molyneaux, specialists in child-language development and family communication. Parents should strive to use the following phrases with their kids at least once a day. Thank you – Let’s kids know you appreciate their attempts to help others. Tell me more– Shows your kids you are interested in what they are talking about. You can do … Continue reading →

How Well Does Your Family Communicate?

How well does your family communicate with each other? The authors of 365 Ways To Help Your Children Grow, likens a family to a building. They tell us that if a family is a building, then communication is the foundation that allows the building to weather any storm. When there is good communication within a family “problems get solved, ideas get heard, feelings are expressed and intimacy grows.” One way to increase communication within your family is to get eyeball to eyeball. Instead of talking to each other from across the room or yelling for your kids, try speaking, just … Continue reading →

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

So, men who respect and love their mothers make great husbands. That was a blurb in an article I read on relationships recently. Apparently social studies on relationships have uncovered this kernel of information. The article basically says that if a man has a poor or inadequate relationship with his mother or maternal figure, that he will not make a good husband. He will be too busy trying to replace that which he lacks rather than respecting and loving his wife. Ooookay. I can see where the article is coming from, but let’s talk about what respect is. When you … Continue reading →