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Grounding Guilt
Guilt-laden parenting tactics: What parent hasn’t resorted to them at some point, perhaps only out of desperation? What impact does guilt-inducing parenting tactics have on children? And why do we,...
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Battle of the Opinions: Is Breast Really Best?
Is breast or bottle feeding best for you and your child? As with past “Battle of the Opinions”, I like to pose a controversial parenting topic that every parent comes face to face with considering....
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Narration: An Essential Communication Strategy
What frustrates you the most about spending the day with young children? Chances are that your response incorporates the element of communication. You just asked a child to put their shoes away and...
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Play and Learning Battle of the Sexes
When it comes to boys verses girls, is there a real difference in how they play and learn? Does the stereotype that boys like to play rough and be tough and that girls like dolls and malls have...
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Mission Transition
Effective Ways to Help Young Children Transition from One Task to the Next Transitions occur throughout the day, whenever a child needs to move from a task or activity to the next. For instance: Exit...
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“Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire”
The ability to understand the concept of lying can take years for a child to fully grasp. Somewhere between ages two and three, a normally developing child will tell his first lie, but this does not...
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Intelligent Nest Welcomes You!
Intelligent Nest, LLC is a consultancy specializing in the fields of parenting, child development and education for children from birth to five years of age. Utilizing seminars, consultation services...
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Parenthood: Embrace the Mundane
Parenthood is an elusive institution. Visions of sweet, cuddly babies seductively promise a secure density, companionship, fulfillment and happiness. But the reality of parenting can be a very...
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Intelligent Nest Parent University
Intelligent Nest, LLC is proud to announce Parent University to its selection of services. Parent University will utilize local and internet courses to deliver well-researched and realistic advice and...
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The Death of Mama Bear: Parental Duty, Favoritism & Morality
Mama Bear, or Papa Bear for that matter, is a role that every good parent adopts. When your child is in need of a limited commodity or is mistreated, a wave of righteous indignation, intensity and...
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Self-Control: The Most Essential of Skills
If I could share only one piece of child-rearing advice, it would be to be sure to teach children self-control. Within the research community, a child’s ability to exhibit self-control is heralded as...
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Short Attention Spans = Mimicking the Good and the Bad
“Humph! I am not playing with you any more!”, was a common phrase in our home for a couple of months. Where did my 5 and 3 year old pick up this phrase? And why are they saying it all... Read More ›
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Activity Centers: Seeing play at home from a new perspective
Home is your child’s first and most important classroom and you, Mom and Dad, are your child’s first and most important teacher. Children learn throughout every…
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Effective & Loving Discipline
Article’s Contents Overview Reasons to Discipline Routine Negative Behaviors Dangerous Childish Behaviors Willful defiance Tips and Tricks for Addressing Negative Behaviors Conclusion …
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Organic Play
What does it mean to parent in the 21st century? I have recently come across a number of studies and articles aiming to answer this question.…
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The Toddler Coup
How much parental control is too much or too little? By parental control, I refer to our ability to be the final voice in a disagreement, our persuasive reasoning that…
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