10 Positive Discipline techniques for childrenWritten by Kenia Morales
Do you feel your child is out of control? Punish him or her often and get no positive results? It might be your discipline strategy that is not working. Try using positive discipline techniques which are highly recommended by child development professionals and see changes in your child’s attitude. See him or her actually making efforts to cooperate with you. 1.Let child know what you expect from him or her. 2.Let child express feelings, even crying.
| | Keep the Fires BurningWritten by Lisa Martin, PCC
The toys are put away, homework's done and kids are in bed. The lunches are made and dishwasher is on. You wash your face, brush your teeth, choose clothes for tomorrow and then collapse into bed beside your spouse. You lean over give your mate a perfunctory kiss and casually comment that your sex life "sure isn't what it used to be before kids"—and instantly fall asleep. It's a familiar scenario that finds its way into jokes and television sit-coms. Nurturing love, intimacy and romance can often drop to bottom of list for working parents. It is easy to understand how this happens. Leaving your love life to last may not intentional—it may just be result of a jam-packed existence. In a working parent's world there is always some event, commitment or task that you or your partner feel you must attend to before taking time for your romantic relationship. Keeping fires burning in your relationship calls for courage. Though this may, at first, seem like an odd statement to make, I draw attention to it because you have risked your love life by introducing new people into family mix. It's easier to revel in unquestioning need your children have for you than risk re-establishing your relationship with your partner on new terms. Regenerating passion, deepening intimacy and growing together in ever-changing dynamic of working parenthood is not necessarily easy but it can be done. Communicate lovingly Speak your truth…tactfully. Studies show number one deterrent to intimacy is lack of communication. The foundation of a satisfying intimate relationship is in knowing and understanding each other's desires and dreams. It is better to speak your truth honestly and gracefully, though you may feel like you're risking rejection, than to harbor anger and/or resentment towards your partner.
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