Teaching Your Kids About...

Good manners/good behavior are essential to giving and receiving respect from people from the time a person is a child all the way through adulthood.  Here is what Kendra Smiley says about the subject in her latest newsletter:

“There’s no doubt that children are becoming more disrespectful at a young age,” says Dr. Gary [...]

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This is a note from Kendra Smiley about how to encourage children.  I think it’s important to encourage our children in order to develop a sense of self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem.  More importantly is how we do it.  Read on….
“Many people who grew up in the ’50’s say, ‘Nothing I did was ever good enough [...]

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Teaching children learning handwriting skills can be difficult when they have not yet obtained the fine motor skills necessary to grasp a pencil or crayon and controlling the lines they make with one.  Children learning handwriting skills poses challenges for many children Pre-K through 5th Grade.
My 5 year old son, Sawyer, is in Jr. Kindergarten [...]

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“Cooking with your children can improve family dynamics,” says UCLA anthropologist Elinor Ochs. “A child who assists with meal preparation feels useful and appreciated when she sees other household members enjoying what she produced.”
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Kendra Smiley speak at my church.  She’s a wonderful, spiritual person who has great insight [...]

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