Learn all about On Becoming Childwise. Find out what it teaches and how the novel by Garry Ezzo helps parents raise their children in the best way.
Teaching kids to obey with a simple “Yes Mommy”. This is an effective solution to get first-time obedience. “Yes mommy!” Requiring that simple response can change how well your child …
As my children grow older, I worry less about things like sleep and eating and more about bigger issue things like morals and relationships. Sleep and eating are not …
Should You Control the Environment for Your Children. What you should try to control and what you should let go. I have talked about Controlling Environment for Toddlers. Last month, I …
How to Teach Respect for Personal Property. How to teach children to respect the property of others. We have recently been talking about teaching virtues to children. We talked about …
Childwise Principle #8 is: “To teach a virtue, one example (you) is better than a thousand lectures” ( On Becoming Childwise , page 92). Parental example is vitally important …
What vs. How of Training Your Child’s Character Children are different from each other. Very different. Any of you who have more than one child know that well. And my guess …
Moral precept number six in On Becoming Childwise is to Avoid Legalism When Giving Instructions. Let’s start with an explanation of what Legalism is. Legalism is viewing …