Category: Parenting Essentials
Work at home and take care of your kids full-time?
Posted onThis is just too unreal… How will you manage in this COVID-19 world? For many families where the adults work full-time, grappling with this extended home-bound circumstance due to COVID-19 is not easy. Here are some […]
Coronavirus: My new life as a mom
Posted onGuest Author – Peace at Home Parent who wanted to remain anonymous I have had the blessing of two children who are now young adults at the ages of 15 & 18 and then the added […]
Preschool Perspective: Girls have long hair and boys have short hair, right?
Posted onConcerned mom submitted the following question to Peace At Home: Feeling super disappointed as I write this… It’s the first week of Pre-K for my almost 5-year-old, and at drop off today, the teacher pulled Todd aside to […]
Expert: Limit kids’ screen time
Posted onMICHELLE FIRESTONE, Chronicle Staff Writer MANSFIELD — In today’s world, digital technology can sometimes feel like it has taken over our lives. Wednesday evening, Aaron Weintraub, a behavior specialist at Holiday Hill Day Camp & Recreation […]
Kids eat snacks like Netflix. As soon as one ends, another one is getting started*
Posted onWhen parents permit kids to “graze,” that is eating at will throughout the day, parents will often end up with power struggles with kids and sometimes even eating problems or disorders. Experts suggest that scheduled meals […]
P@H on Channel 8 – WTNH Positive Co-Parenting- Exchange conflict for compromise and communication
Posted onby Sarah Cody View here BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) – Divorce is difficult. Oftentimes, mom and dad need to put aside contentious feelings to make sure their child still feels stable and secure. News 8’s Connecticut Families is taking a two […]
Wellness On The Run for Busy Parents
Posted onWhen a parent makes their own health a priority, it is reflected back on their family through increased energy for quality time with children, positive role modeling, and decreased stress levels. But how? How do we […]
9 action steps towards handling your child’s school performance
Posted onWorried about your child’s school performance? When your children, especially teens, struggle with school, parents can easily fall into nagging, coaxing and hassling or even punishing when in reality none of those things work and sometimes […]
Center for Educational Improvement – Peace at Home: Bringing Parent Education Online
Posted onMany parents, especially first time parents, have low levels of self-efficacy in parenting. In fact, 79% of parents want more information about child-rearing (Zepeda, Varela, and Morales, 2004). Parent education programs typically involve a parent educator […]
Book Review: “The Gardener & The Carpenter” by Allison Gopnik, PhD
Posted onAllison Gopnik, PhD, is a rigorous scientist of child learning and development. She is a philosopher who has a knack for explaining complicated concepts in simple ways. Dr. Gopnik is also a grandmother who writes with […]
