Successful Parenting

Taming the Homework Monster:

Is Homework a Problem in Your Home?

Some Specific Strategies if Homework a Problem in Your Home

BLT's Checklist for Fixing Homework Problems

Structuring the Time and Place for Each Individual Child to do Homework

Some Tips Regarding Children of Each Grade Level

Self Esteem is the Key:

So What is Self-Esteem and Who Needs it First?

Understand and Appreciate Each Child as an Individual and Watch What You Say!

Provide Opportunities for Success and Praise Efforts Toward Those Goals

Allow Your Children to Make Decisions

Help Your Children to Feel Lovable and Capable and Catch Them Being Good

Communication is Crucial:

Be a Good Sender of Messages

Be a Good Receiver of Messages

When Our Children are Bothering Us, We Should Let Them Know

When Our Children Have Problems, We Should Listen Actively

Roadblocks to Communication

Discipline Makes the Difference:

Discipline is Teaching

Discipline is Teaching: Natural Consequences

Discipline is Teaching: Logical Consequences

Discipline is Teaching: Behavior Modification

Discipline is Teaching: Spanking

Discipline is Teaching: Time Out

School Success Takes Teamwork:

Getting Off to a Good Start

Helping Our Preschoolers

How Parents Can Help Elementary School Students

Middle School: Yikes! They're Almost Teenagers!