Empathy and respect are essential skills for healthy relationships and well-being. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, while respect is the act of showing regard and appreciation for someone’s worth, dignity, and rights. Teaching your child empathy and respect can help them develop emotional intelligence, social competence, moral reasoning, and positive self-esteem. What Is the Nurturing Parenting Program? But how can you teach your child empathy and respect in a practical and effective way? One possible answer is the Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP), a family-centered trauma-informed initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills. It is an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and[…]
Why Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent Matters
As a parent, you may feel like you have to put your children’s needs before your own. You may think that self-care is selfish, unnecessary, or even impossible with your busy schedule. But self-care is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. Taking care of yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally can help you be a better parent, role model, and person. In this blog post, we will explore the importance of self-care for parents, how it can benefit you and your children, and some practical tips on how to practice it every day. What Is Self-Care? Self-care is any action that you do to improve your health and well-being. It can include[…]
5 Tips for Building Positive Relationships With Your Children
As a parent, it is important to have a good relationship with your children but raising children can be challenging, especially if you didn’t have a good example growing up. Parenting skills include being a teacher and a role model. It is much more than being a friend, a mistake that many parents make. Here are 5 parenting skills and additional parenting resources to help you build a positive parent/child relationship. 1. Spend Time with Your Child One of the most important things you can do to build a positive relationship with your child is to spend time with them. This can be as simple as playing a game together,[…]
5 Anger Management Tips and Tricks
Anger is a natural emotion, and we all experience it at some point in our lives. However, when anger is not managed properly, it can lead to destructive behavior and negatively impact our relationships, work, and overall well-being. Anger management is essential for maintaining healthy relationships, reducing stress and anxiety, and improving our mental and emotional health. In this blog post, we will discuss some effective anger management tips and tricks, and how anger management worksheets, workbooks, and manuals can help. 1. Identify Your Triggers The first step in managing anger is to identify your triggers. This can be done by keeping a journal or using an anger management worksheet.[…]
Family Education Programs: What They Are and Why They’re Important
At-risk families must contend with many challenges, such as unemployment, poverty, drug abuse, domestic violence, and mental illness. These obstacles have a significant impact on childhood development, making it more likely that the children in these families will repeat the same harmful patterns when they become adults. To prevent this from happening, family education programs aim to help at-risk families improve their coping skills and develop better relationships. These are just a few of the benefits associated with this type of family intervention. Better Parenting Skills Survivors of childhood trauma tend to have low self-esteem and other problems that make it difficult to develop effective parenting skills. They may even repeat some[…]
Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
A child’s autism diagnosis can cause a lot of emotional turmoil in parents. Most people have absorbed pop culture’s stereotypes of how people with autism behave. While there can be some truth to them, they are often overly negative and even stigmatizing. That’s why most parents with special needs children can benefit from developing a better understanding of the disorder and thus improving their relationship with their child. Special needs programs and resources can help. But first, it’s important to understand the previous and current classification of autism. Previous Autism Spectrum Disorder Terminology Up to 2013, psychologists classified Autism Spectrum Disorder into the five categories below. Although the diagnostic criteria[…]
Educating Teens to Make Good Choices About Themselves and Their Future
The decisions teens make today have a profound impact on their future. Yet many teens aren’t given the proper education and tools required to make good choices. It’s crucial to give young adults guidance and resources without being overbearing or condescending. Making mistakes is part of growing. The lessons received from errors in judgment provide excellent learning opportunities for teens to understand boundaries and consequences. However, when it comes to decisions with life-altering consequences, it’s essential to give young adults a foundation of knowledge and critical thinking skills to evaluate their options and choose wisely. Teen Intervention Efforts Risk-taking and pushing boundaries are normal parts of being a teenager. But,[…]
Family Development FAQ
What Is Family Development? Family development is the process of change and growth that occurs within a family over time. It includes the various stages and transitions that families go through as they grow and change, as well as the influences that shape the way a family functions and relate to one another. Family development is influenced by a wide range of factors, including the family’s culture, social and economic circumstances, and individual family members’ personalities, values, and goals. There are many different theories and models of family development, each of which provides a different perspective on how families change and grow over time. Some common stages of family development[…]