I will be presenting a workshop entitled “The Difficult Child” at Fanshawe College at the Tillsonburg campus on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 6:30 tp 9:30 pm. The cost is $47 and you may register by phoning (519) 421-0144 or (519) 842-9000 ext. 225) Do you find your child difficult to raise? Do you find your child’s behaviour hard to understand? Are you often battling with your child? Do you sometimes feel inadequate or guilty [...]
The following was sent to me by a friend and I do not know where it originated. Questions were asked to young children and their answers are delightful. 1. Why did God make moms? To help us out of there when we were born. 2. How did God make mothers? God made my mom just the same like He made me. He just used bigger parts. 3. What ingredients are mothers made of? God made [...]
A child who regularly wakens in the night and won’t go back to sleep without a parent’s help is SO DRAINING! The following technique is worthy of your consideration if you have a middle of the night screamer and you are sure that there is nothing wrong with the child ie. ill. The Controlled Crying Technique Step # 1 – when the child wakens and begins to cry, let him cry for 10 minutes – [...]
Sleep Facts Children differ in their ability to sleep – some are excellent at birth and throughout their childhood (lucky you) – some are inherently more susceptible to disrupted sleep patterns – it is normal for everyone (adults & children) to have brief wakenings during the night (most only [...]
“Children are a comfort in our old age, it is true; and often children help us reach it faster too”. “My children are the perfect age . . . too old to cry at night and too young to ask for the car.” Sleep problems are not the same in children as they are in adults. For example, infants and toddlers who are not sleeping well do not complain – their parents do. Young children [...]
Many parents wonder what hit them when their sweet little baby turns into an unreasonable toddler – ideas for dealing with mealtime, bedtime, temper tanturms, toilet training, noncompliance, etc.
This workshop will present the facts, myths, misconceptions, controversy and [...]
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“Implementing Rick’s techniques and adhering to them is exhausting, but it is a healthy exhaustion rather than the detrimental exhaustion I used to experience.”
(B.F. – Woodstock)
