by Chris Jones | Apr 9, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
“One of the most precious gifts you can offer your child is your attuned, curious, and attentive mind. Yet in the overwhelm of everyday life, we can often misrecognize and misinterpret our children’s behavior. We may react out of frustration or exhaustion,...
by Chris Jones | Mar 26, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers
The world lost a great parent and child advocate with the death of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician and author of Touchpoints: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development, at the age of 99. Brazelton’s seminal research focused on the...
by Chris Jones | Mar 12, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Girls
We all want our daughters to be secure and confident—to know how to assert themselves, think critically, and make positive choices for themselves. We are also aware that girls today are dealing with many issues unique to their generation that can negatively impact...
by Chris Jones | Mar 1, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology
A recent research study entitled Not at the Dinner Table: Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives on Family Technology Rules found that the majority of the 259 families studied have rules around social media and technology. It also found that only 6% of...
by Chris Jones | Feb 20, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
We all know the kids who jump up to help their parents clear the table after dinner or walk an older adult across the street, and we want our kids to be those kids. It is not hard to imagine that their instincts to do well for themselves and others will take them far...
by Chris Jones | Jan 23, 2018 | Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips
Parents and schools typically spend a tremendous amount of resources on academic readiness and performance, and skills in the areas that are thought to win kids plum jobs in the future, such as engineering and math. But companies you’d least expect, like IBM and...
by Chris Jones | Jan 2, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Temperaments
As a parent of a very shy child, I’ve worried that my daughter’s introverted personality will affect the way people see her, and might make them less likely to try to befriend her or engage with her. I worry others won’t see how amazing my kid is. It’s been a...
by Chris Jones | Dec 22, 2017 | Birth - First Year, Grandparenting, Parenting Skills
As 2017 comes to a close, and I reflect on what I would like parents to think about, I am struck by the amazing cycle of life and family. My mother left this earth at the age of almost 94 only days after we discovered that my younger daughter and her husband were...
by Chris Jones | Dec 12, 2017 | Jewish, Leisure & Vacation
Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, and while only some of us here at Parents Place are Jewish, we love lighting the menorah because it is an especially delightful celebration with children, and because Parents Place is a program of Jewish Family and...
by Chris Jones | Dec 1, 2017 | Birth - First Year, Grandparenting, Parenting Skills
It is so exciting to have a new grandchild, and of course all we want to do is help! We newly minted grandparents have “been there before,” because we raised a wonderful child (the new parent) and we have plenty of wisdom to share. It’s challenging for us new...
