by Smarter Parenting | Jan 25, 2016 | Blogs, Others
Why I buy almost everything for my kids second-hand Republished with permission. I’m a penny-pincher. When I was little, every week I went through the Sunday paper and clipped coupons for my mom. Now that I’m grown up and running a household of my own, I have become...
by Smarter Parenting | Jan 21, 2016 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Decision Making, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Decision Making
Kids do dumb things We wish we could say the premises of this video is something that we just came up with and not based on actual events. It’s not. We *may* know someone who once used a toilet brush at a party. Teenagers, it seems, are constantly doing rather dumb...
by Smarter Parenting | Jan 20, 2016 | Blogs, Featured Posts>Decision Making, Posts, Featured Posts>Role-playing, Posts, Others, Parenting Skills>Decision Making, Parenting Skills>Preventive Teaching, Parenting Skills>Role-playing
A child’s brain needs experience, not just information As a parent of three children, I understand the convenience of technology and what a lifesaver smart phones and tablets can be, especially on long car rides, and last minute science projects. Technology is...
by Smarter Parenting | Jan 19, 2016 | Blogs, Specific Diagnosis>Reactive Attachment Disorder
Part IV- 5 parenting tricks for Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) children Here are 5 tricks to raising your Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) child and help teach good behavior as well. #1) Teach them about choices and consequences A RAD child’s early history...
by Smarter Parenting | Jan 18, 2016 | Blogs, Others
What is Ask.fm? An app review for parents Ask.fm started off as a website and eventually morphed into an app as well. The purpose of the app is to allow users to ask questions where anyone can answer. You can also answer other people questions. Questions can be posted...