Posted by: scsmft33 on: February 21, 2012
What your child should be ready for at any age is a concern that worries and confuses parents of children of all ages. When should my child be walking? When should my child be using a bottle, binky diapers When should my child start preschool, kindergarten? When should my child go on a sleepover? When [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: January 25, 2012
The relationship siblings have is an important one – it can impact on people’s lives and identities as much as their relationships with their parents do. This can be a positive impact and enhance one’s life or it can be negative and the source of continuing problems in other relationships – even into adulthood! Because [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: December 3, 2011
As the holidays approach, most parents are scrambling to buy an abundance of the latest and hottest gift items their children have requested or would enjoy. As parents we get almost as much pleasure – or more - watching the delight our children experience as they open up their packages! This is all great fun, [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: November 9, 2011
Turkey, pumpkin pie, STUFFING (personal favorite) , family, football…all the trappings of a great Thanksgiving. But, are they? While Thanksgiving may be the least commercialized of our national holidays, the essential meaning can get lost amidst a sumptuous meal and an exciting 4th quarter. How many of us actually give thanks on this day – [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: October 26, 2011
It’s that bewitching time of year again – Halloween. It’s become one of our most celebrated national events with a huge commercial buildup and awaited with great anticipation by kids of all ages. It’s crazy, it’s fun, it’s harmless – or is it? It can be all of the good things as long as you [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: October 18, 2011
October 18 – Temple Emanuel Preschool, “Sibling Rivalry” October 26- University Synagogue, “They Just Won’t Listen” November 2 – Palisades Preschool, “Eating and Toileting Issues” November 3 – Parents’ Education League, “The Indulgence Trap” November 7 – Encino Presbyterian Church Preschool, “Love and Limits” November 9 – Bel Air Presbyterian Preschool, “They Just Won’t Listen” [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: September 15, 2011
Now that school is in full swing, so are the “Homework Headaches”. This can be a daily nightmare effecting your child’s behavior, sleep and relationship with you. There’s begging, arguing, screaming, and punishing – and that’s just your child! Hitting the bottle and popping pills are some common ways that parents deal with this. Does [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: August 19, 2011
How time flies! It seems we were just preparing our children for the end of the school year, and now we have to ramp up for the beginning of a new year. Some of you may be sad that the lazy, unstructured, non-lunch-packing days of summer are ending. Others are very glad to re-enter the [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: July 12, 2011
While the interaction between siblings can be difficult at any time of the year, summer presents special challenges. Your kids are together more since they’re not dashing off to school where they spend much of the day apart. They also lack the structure of their school-day routine which gives them a rhythm to follow – [...]
Posted by: scsmft33 on: May 11, 2011
SCHOOL’S OUT! YIPEE! (or not so much?) How children react to the end of the school year, how you can help, and what makes for a great summer. Many parents look back on the beginning of summer vacation and remember only the relief and sense of freedom they felt! It often represented the end of [...]
