Helping Kids Understand That Life Is Not Fair
One of the hardest lessons to teach — and one of the most important. Learn how to help your children accept disappointment and build real, lasting resilience.
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How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshop
We just finished our first class in our 6 week series: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk workshop at Fuchs Mizrachi School, in Cleveland. It is so good to be back teaching this workshop with Courtney Evenchik a Who’s The Boss […]
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Lazy Kids? Teach Them To Be Independent
Dear Adina, My son is 3 years old and he is a very happy go lucky kid. The problem is that he is not very independent, for example, I am still dressing him in the morning. The other day I wanted him to hold his lunch bag and he did not want to. I feel […]
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Building Self-Esteem: Show Children Their Strengths
I was talking with my daughter the other day while we were driving in the car. We had the quintessential parenting conversation. This was how it went: D: “Mom, I love teaching K. (our neighbor) how to play soccer.” Me: “I know you really like to play with and teach young kids.” D: “Well of […]
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Exhausted All The Time? Steps To Getting The Quiet You Need
We had a great class with April Perry, of PowerofMoms.com . She spoke about how important it is for Moms to get the quiet and rest that they need. What struck me most about the whole class was the emphasis on structure that helps keep her home calm and peaceful. April mentioned many times that it […]
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New In Cleveland! How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshop
Adina Soclof's popular workshop comes to Cleveland. Learn practical communication strategies that help kids listen, cooperate, and feel more connected to you.
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What To Do When Your Child’s A Motor Mouth?
Dear Adina, “My daughter is very talkative. She talks to me from the minute she comes home until she goes to sleep at night. Her teachers have mentioned this to me as well. She has friends but I see that they sometimes get annoyed with her. We call her a “motor mouth” and we tell […]
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Building Self-Esteem: Kids Who Put Themselves Down: Part 2
Last week we started answering the following question in this post: Building Kids Self-Esteem: Kids Who Talk Down Themselves. Today we will give this Mom the rest of the skills she needs to manage this problem: Dear Adina, I am one of those Moms with a “highly sensitive” personality and a mom of 4. My […]
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Can We Stop Over Parenting?
Today, I had the privilege of joining a book club discussion at Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau, here in Cleveland. The book:
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Simple Ways To Handle Your Defiant Child
Defiant behavior does not have to lead to daily battles. Learn simple, practical strategies to handle your defiant child calmly and more effectively.
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Building Self-Esteem: Kids Who Put Themselves Down
Dear Adina, I am one of those Moms with a “highly sensitive” personality and a mom of 4. My son is 7 and is the second of my 4 children and has the same sensitive personality like me. He reacts to our every correction with hurt feelings saying “you hate me!” and “I am dumb, […]
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Boston: How To Talk To Your Kids About Tragic Events
I can’t believe I have to post something like this again. What a tragedy. My heart goes out to the victims in Boston. I wish that I never had to talk to my kids about bombs, guns and people who try to hurt innocent people. Here is our post on how to speak to your […]
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Understanding Child Development: Cause and Effect
All children have pretty good reasons for doing the things that they do and that includes babies and toddlers. When my middle son was about 18 months old we joined a play group. I was sitting on the side with one of the moms as I was watching my son out of the corner of […]
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Parenting Simply: Games We Love To Play
Over the Passover holiday we played a lot of games and we had a great time. My family tends to get crazy about one game and stick to it for a while. This time our favorite game was: 1. SET: This is hailed as the “Family Game Of Visual Perception.” It is challenging but once […]
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Sibling Rivalry: A Day In The Life Of A Parent Educator
My kids fight about a lot of things, who gets the last cookie, which video to watch, who gets the bathroom, who won their basketball game, etc. etc. etc. I am pretty used to it, but the kind of fighting that really bothers me is the one where they will continue to act in a […]
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Helping Kids Listen: The Non-Compliant Child
Dear Adina, I have 4 children. I am able to use the more effective communication skills I have learned in your classes however I find that it will work for some kids but not the others. For example, I will say, “When the all the crayons, markers and paper are put back in the arts […]
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Moms Need Quiet Time: Meet April Perry
Our next TeleSeminar Class is coming up on April 22. Our topic: Mom’s Quiet 101: Taking Care Of Ourselves So We Can Take Care Of Our Kids I have been working with April Perry at PowerofMoms.com for almost a year and I am really impressed with their website. They have big hearts, great ideas, and […]
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How To Talk So Kids Will Listen
Sometimes it is so difficult to talk to our children. We say something innocently and they take it the wrong way. The worst is when our questions are met with silence, the shrug of shoulders or an irritated look. I have found that one of the best ways to ask our kids questions (in order […]
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Encouraging Your Kids To Be Responsible About Their Chores: Video
Watch this quick video for practical tips on getting kids to take ownership of their chores without constant reminders, battles, or bribery.
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Good Parenting: Parenting Skills That Really Work!
As my kids get older, I see that we need to take a more long term approach to parenting. I have spent so much of my parenting life trying to stop their bad behavior, the tantrums, the shirking of chores, the fighting with friends or siblings. As I look back, I can see that each […]
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