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Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:42 AM
 What would you say if you met a parent who said to you, “It is my right to do whatever I want with my child.” Would you feel torn between respecting that parent’s right or feel compelled to act on the part of the innocent child? I’d like to hear from my readers on what your thoughts are. Recently on a social media discussion board, I was accused of being a part of a diabolical movement to take away the rights of parents who choose to use punitive and possibly harmful discipline with their children. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Monday, March 12, 2012 9:30 PM
 Does it happen to you? Your child seems to constantly crave attention and just when you're the busiest? It can be very frustrating because you feel like you give your child lots of attention and she just continues to want more. Keep in mind that anything that takes your attention away, such phone calls, work, the television, and even other people can make your child feel like she has competition for you. The number one thing to know about satisfying a young or even an older child's attention is to keep quiet when you're giving it to them. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:23 PM
 I teach parents how to help shape their child's world by helping to raise an emotionally balanced and peaceful child, and one that pays less attention to what's going on in the outer world. It is not healthy for us to raise our children caring about what's happening on American Idol or Jersey Shore. We must do this by helping our children develop a greater awareness of their connection with their inner self and their intuition. The constant barrage of reality and talent |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:57 PM
 Ever find yourself thinking about a great intention, such as making a date with someone special in your life, only to realize later that you didn’t do it? We have to accept the fact that most of us are living incredibly busy lives with so much to accomplish in any given day, week, month, or year. We definitely know that we don’t want to end up on our death bed thinking about all the things we didn’t get done. This means that we can’t just rely on our ability to remember to do something, we have to learn and use a process to help us get it done. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2012 8:21 PM
Don’t take it personal if they are embarrassed by you  According to Dr. Anthony Wolf, author of the book “Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?” teens develop an allergy to parents because the teens are shedding anything and anyone who is connected to their “baby-self.” Relax and know that you will be able to regain closeness with then on the “over side” of this development area, when they move into young adulthood. Know their friends and their friends’ parents |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 4:23 PM
Avoid forcing your child to say thank you this holiday season. Doing so does not help them develop the gift of gratitude, it only forces them to do something they may not want to do naturally at first. Be sure that you are providing lots of examples of how to feel grateful for things, especially when they do things for you. I watched a battle build between a parent and young child in a store when the parent tried to force the child to say thank you when another adult gave something to the child. |
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Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:25 PM
The holidays are a good time to reflect on our children's ability to be thankful for what they have. Doing so requires us to first reflect on how well and how often we demonstrate gratitude for them. Being thankful does not come naturally for most children, as they see the world from an egotistical point of view; they are the center of the universe and everyone else encircles them and provides for them. It takes time and patience for children to develop the ability to behave in grateful ways, but also to feel being grateful for what they have. |
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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2011 5:43 PM
When a parent demands that a child apologize for something, the child rarely feels any remorse for what he or she did. Instead, they are more likely to feel anger or resentment toward the parent for forcing them to do something they don’t want to do. The ability to apologize for both adults and children requires some sense of emotional intelligence and being able to understand how the other person feels. This must be developed over time organically. One day while watching over my grandchildren playing at a park, I noticed a young lady who was supervising a few children on a merry-go-round. |
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Bill Corbett / Cooperative Kids: Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:21 PM
 I read with interest, Love and Logic’s Jedd Hafer’s entry in
this week’s newsletter to parents in regards to handling sibling rivalry. The
one thing that he stated that I agree with is that the argument belongs to
the children, not the parents. I even
support his position that the adult caregivers should state the obvious to the
kids by saying, “It sounds like you guys are having a problem (getting along)
and it will be interesting to see how you solve it.” But where Mr. Hafer has it wrong in my
opinion, is in his suggestion for what to do if the kids don’t solve it quickly
and the parents have to get involved. |
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Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 4:10 PM
Settling Children’s Nighttime Fears
When my first
child came along and I didn’t know any better, I made the fatal “dad mistake”
when it came to helping her battle the monsters in her bedroom. Unwittingly, I
would frequently grab a baseball bat and head into her room in hopes of
quelling her cries for help by standing ready to battle the imaginary monsters.
As I lay on the floor swinging at those nonexistent creatures, I remember
shouting out in a Ray Romano like voice from the television show Everyone Loves
Raymond “there, I got all those mean monsters and now they are all gone. |
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