Parenting

Home is the place where dad and mom first learn how to devote time for their kids. 

                                   

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
-- Elbert Hubbard

Children are only young once, there's no better time to be with our kids than right now.

One of the best ways to enjoy our kids is to become a kid again : )

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. 

~ Harold Hulbert ~

Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to become a Dad.

                         

“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.”

- William D. Tammeus

Presence is more important than just being there.

-- Malcolm Forbes

                                                 

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

-- Henry Ward Beecher

                       

How Children Develop Empathy? 

                                                                                    
One Sunday lunch, my 4-year-old boy asked my husband to buy him an ice­ cream. Dad asked the old ice cream vendor, “How much is an ice cream cup?” The vendor said,“20 pesos.” Dad started counting the money he has in his pocket. "How much a small cone of ice cream?" The ice cream vendor impatiently replied, “15 pesos.” Dad said, “I will have the small cone of ice cream, here's the 20. pesos.” Dad got the ice cream and the vendor gave the 5 peso change to my son. My son refused to get it and said, "yo na" (meaning sayo na). We asked him why? He said, "wawa sya e, old na" The ice cream vendor was touched and smiled to us, he said, "ang galing nyo po magpalaki ng anak, ang bait!" I can feel that my 4- year old boy at this point understands that older people should not be forced to work hard like this old vendor and maybe this is also the reason why my son keeps on telling me this, "help kita pag owd ka na mommy".


As parents, we play an important role in developing our child's personality and character. "Kids who receive a lot of empathy for their own feelings are the earliest to develop an empathy for others".

Having one child makes you a parent, having two you are a referee.

                               
One minute they love each other, the next minute they're enemies. I have tried everything but no one seems to work, until I discovered one very simple trick. One night, while reminding our kids not to fight, I gave my oldest son a small diary to write something on it. I told him to label the dates and write down these words for me "we did not fight today". And If they can get through a week without fighting i'll reward them with a special privilege like, they can watch and play their favorite computer games on Friday night with pizza and slurpee or they can ask one special gift or favor from us on a win-win agreement. Believe it or not, it works!


“Instead of reacting to the fighting, parents can choose to be pro-active. They can stay out of the fights in a nonjudgmental way. Children need to be able to settle things for themselves. Parents can teach negotiation skills later during a calm period. Teach your child to say “I’ll give you these blocks for those.” This will help them learn win-win skills that will be there when they are needed now and useful in the future.”- Positive Parenting

 If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.