Do you ever wonder why your child misbehaves? Ever wondered what is the best approach to disciplining your children? Need help with setting some boundaries with your kids? This week’s show does exactly that. In this week's show, Today’s Parents speaks with child and family therapist, mother of three and founder and Director of Stepping Stones Counseling and Consulting, Leslie Petruk. Pay attention as Leslie talks about: • What counts as misbehaving; • Why children misbehave; • Leslie’s...

Do you use any of the following words when you talk to your kids? • “Good job.” • “No.” • “Say please." • “Time out.” If you do, you can be damaging your children. In this week's show, Today’s Parents (http://todaysparentsblog.com)speaks with author, interior designer, mother of two and founder of GoodJobAndOtherThings.com, Jennifer Lehr (http://www.GoodJobAndOtherThings.com). Listen in as Jennifer talks about: • Why the phrases we commonly use such as “Good job”, “No”, “Say please” and...

Did you know? • In America, 97% of teenagers age 12-17 are online. • Of the children under five years old who use the internet, 80% use it at least once a week. • 75% of teens age 12-17 have cellphones and those who text, sends and receives on average 1500 texts a month. Almost everything is online nowadays. Our children socialize online, they get their entertainment online, they play games online, they shop online and they learn online. So if so many of our children are online, what are we...

Did you know: •1 in 3 girls and 1 in 4 boys are sexually abused? And • More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some ways? So if you think that home and school are the safest place for your kids, you could be wrong. And if you think that the people you know would never violate your child, you could be wrong again. No matter how uncomfortable this subject matter makes you feel, there is no denying that, sexual abuse does happen. The question is, would you...

Did you know, according to the U.S National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2009-2010: • 35.7% of adults age 20 and over are obese; and • 16.9% of children and adolescents are obese? Some experts even suggest that this generation of young people may be the first generation to die before their parents because of obesity-related disease. The more sedentary lifestyle of the last two decades combined with poor eating habits have resulted in more and more families facing diseases like...

Have you ever wondered if you’re doing the right things when it comes to raising your kids? Are you raising your kids based on how your parents raised you? Or how you wished you parents had raised you? Ever wished that someone told you what you need to know before you became a parent so you don’t screw up with your kids? In this week's show, Today’s Parents speaks with child rearing expert, Dr. Peter Haiman about what every parent needs to know. Peter is an expert who has spent over four...

Are you married, with children? Do you feel like you’re relationship with your spouse has lost its spark? Ever felt like you’re just going through the motions, day in and day out? Have you ever reminisced about the romance you had before you were married or have kids? If you’ve answered ‘Yes’ to any of those questions, this week’s show is for you. Even if you’re currently not in a relationship, this show will give you tools and tips for your future relationship. In this week's show,...

Bullying is an epidemic that seems to be on the rise in the past decade. In the United States alone, statistics show that suicide rate amongst teenagers aged 15 to 19 has increased exponentially, with GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) pre-teens three times more likely to commit suicide. The reality is, bullying is a phenomenon that will not be eradicated completely anytime soon. So it’s up to parents to equip their children to be able to deal with bullying if and when it happens...

Ever had moments when getting through to your child seem to take all the breath and energy out of you? No matter what you say, you just can’t seem to get them to listen. You keep repeating yourself, telling them to turn off the TV and go to bed, or not to hit their brother or sister, or not to wander off when they are in the store but for some reason, they just don’t listen to you. You end up more and more frustrated until eventually you can’t take it anymore and even start yelling at...

It seems that there is always so much to do around the house – the grocery shopping, the cooking, the cleaning – all the chores that need to be done, and the kids! There is a schedule and a list that runs on and on in your mind – soccer practice, ballet class, music lessons, birthday parties, the school play, pick up the dry cleaning, call the plumber to come fix the toilet… the list never ends. All these and still not counting the separate to-do list at work! Being a parent is a 24/7 job,...