Valentine's Lessons We Hope Our Kids Remember All Year

What do we as parents want for your children? Happiness? A fruitful life?  Don’t we all want our children to grow up to become kind, thoughtful, responsible adults who make a difference in the lives of others? As parents, how do we accomplish such a task?

Making Valentine's Day Fun for the Whole Family

To be someone’s Valentine is to be loved by another. Romantic? Of course, but Valentine's Day is not the sole property of loving couples. It can also be a wonderful day for loving families.

Two Most Important Words In The Parenting Language

Two and A Half Men is a sitcom in which a newly divorced Alan (played by Jon Cryer), along with his 10 year old son, finds himself having to ‘temporarily’ move in with his brother Charlie (played by Charlie Sheen).  In one episode, a while back, Charlie discovers the power of the words “I understand”.  An otherwise hedonistic bachelor, Charlie comes to find that, when he uses those words, and those words alone, woman eagerly throw themselves at him.  His use of that phrase encourages them to open up to him, assuming that he has a gift for understanding their feelings.  (In truth, Charlie, understands very little about woman, but is more than happy to take advantage of their adoration of him.)

Does Discipline Really Change Behavior?