Summer Birthdays and When to Start School

By Kate Raidt
Published May 1, 2013
Tags: education, family, kindergarten, older child for grade, parenting, school testing, summer birthday and kindergarten, summer birthdays, young child for grade

School is not a sprint. It’s a marathon, a journey, an adventure. Far too often the mentality is get your kids through school quickly. Why?

How To Help A Kid Who Seems Neglected

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 26, 2013
Tags: abused and neglected children, child protective services, latchkey kids, mandated reporter

The study’s authors found that most people could point to at least one adverse experience in their early lives and many could point to more. The thing is, the more adverse experiences a child has, the worse the life outcomes.

Handling Others’ Envy When Your Child Is an Achiever (and Handling Others’ Achievements Without Envy)

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 12, 2013
Tags: award-winning child, gifted child, jealous parents, parental envy, resentment of others' success, star student

Even if it seems like this is your child’s first award (finally!), other kids and their parents wanted it too. So even if it doesn’t appear to you that your child always wins, even one win can make others think he leads a golden life.

When The Kids Next Door Take Over

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 6, 2013
Tags: Ann Landers, bratty neighbors, kids next door, setting limits for children's friends

If it feels like you’re raising more kids than you actually have, with less authority over some of them than feels right, then you probably are being taken advantage of.

Summer Birthdays and When to Start School

By Kate Raidt
Published May 1, 2013
Tags: education, family, kindergarten, older child for grade, parenting, school testing, summer birthday and kindergarten, summer birthdays, young child for grade

School is not a sprint. It’s a marathon, a journey, an adventure. Far too often the mentality is get your kids through school quickly. Why?

How To Help A Kid Who Seems Neglected

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 26, 2013
Tags: abused and neglected children, child protective services, latchkey kids, mandated reporter

The study’s authors found that most people could point to at least one adverse experience in their early lives and many could point to more. The thing is, the more adverse experiences a child has, the worse the life outcomes.

Handling Others’ Envy When Your Child Is an Achiever (and Handling Others’ Achievements Without Envy)

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 12, 2013
Tags: award-winning child, gifted child, jealous parents, parental envy, resentment of others' success, star student

Even if it seems like this is your child’s first award (finally!), other kids and their parents wanted it too. So even if it doesn’t appear to you that your child always wins, even one win can make others think he leads a golden life.

When The Kids Next Door Take Over

By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson
Published March 6, 2013
Tags: Ann Landers, bratty neighbors, kids next door, setting limits for children's friends

If it feels like you’re raising more kids than you actually have, with less authority over some of them than feels right, then you probably are being taken advantage of.

Boys and behavior/aggression

Published January 10, 2013
Tags: boys and aggression, boys and fighting, boys and toy guns, do boys have worse behavior than girls, katie malinski, the difference between boys and girls

Do you have an aggressive son? Should it be OK for boys to “kill” each other with toy guns or …

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How to handle siblings who are fighting

Published October 30, 2012
Tags: children fighting, kate raidt, katie malinski, sibling healthy relationship, sibling rivalry, siblings fighting, what to do when siblings fight

Do you sometimes feel like your job as a parent is really the job of a referee? Do your siblings fight…all the time? Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW role plays with Kate Raidt how to handle your children when they don’t get along.

Spoiling: how to give your kids what they need without being spoiled

Published September 19, 2012
Tags: giving kids what they need, how to avoid spoiling a child, katie malinski, spoiling a child, successful parenting

Parenting Coach Katie Malinski LCSW coaches the parents of an 8-year old boy how to give him what he needs without spoiling him.

A healthy sack lunch vs. an unhealthy sack lunch

Published September 9, 2012
Tags: children and nutrition, healthy sack lunch, nutritional value of school cafeteria food, unhealthy sack lunch

Many parents pack sack lunches for their children to avoid unhealthy cafeteria food. But many traditional sack lunches are just as unhealthy as cafeteria food. Nutritionist for the hit TV show “The Biggest Loser”, Cheryl Forberg, shares how to pack a healthy sack lunch for your child.