Jon has a bachelor’s degree in Human Development & Family Studies and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. He has several years experience counseling couples and parents, and is the parent of two young children.
Image by jigabugbaby – Some rights reserved Drop-side cribs are used by many parents in the U.S.. They use drop-side cribs, because it’s easier to pick up and lay down a baby, and it also makes it easier to access the mattress to remove and add new sheets. Unfortunately, that easiness comes at a cost. [...]
One of the biggest challenges for parents and college students is money management. Many parents and extended family want to help students financially, but there’s always the concern that if they give them a lot of money up front, they’ll quickly spend it. Fortunately, there are several ways to financially support students without being overly [...]
If you’re a parent with a child between the ages of one and three, then you’re probably experiencing what many parents are experiencing — toddler tantrums and difficult child behavior. The American Academy of Pediatricians perfectly describes this phase in your child’s life. Strong emotions are hard for a young child to hold inside. When [...]
Every week new movies, games, websites, TV shows, books and music are released into the wild. As parents, we want our kids to see some of these shows and read some of these books, but it’s difficult to know if they’re age appropriate. Common Sense Media was created to solve the problem of knowing what’s [...]
Ever wonder what Papa John’s founder, John Schnatter, thinks about how much pizza you should actually eat? In an interview with a UK radio host, he said the following in response to a question about anti-obesity. “No. Pizza’s actually healthy for you if you don’t eat too much of it,” Schnatter replied, adding, “You can’t [...]
photo credit: Larsz If you’re like most people, there’s hardly a day that goes by without getting a credit card offer in the mail. This is irritating for many reasons, not only do you not need these offers, it’s also horrible for the environment. Fortunately, there’s a way to curtail the onslaught of credit card [...]
Having children is hard work, especially when you’re a new parent and you desperately need your baby to sleep at night. As most parents know, if a baby doesn’t sleep through the night, neither do the parents! There are several baby books that each contain their own idea about how to get a baby to [...]
Two-year-olds can be quite a handful. It’s a major time of adjustment for children and parent share the brunt of it. It’s common for most parents to have to deal with toddler tantrums and difficult behavior. Some of the most common behaviors include: children who won’t stay in their bed children who refuse to take [...]
One of the most difficult circumstances for parents is when their child has Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). ODD is defined as: a psychiatric category listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders where it is described as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the [...]
photo credit: smudie Researchers are encouraging parents to turn off the television when toddlers are in the room, particularly when it’s only being used as background noise. Researchers observed 50 kids aged 1 to 3 at play in a room for an hour: half the time was television-free, and half the time the TV show [...]
Parenting.com had an interesting article on which gender is harder to raise, boys or girls. Highlights included: Boys may not listen as well as girls because their hearing isn’t as good from birth Girls are rigged to be people-oriented, while boys are more action-oriented Girls tend to grow up less confident and more insecure than [...]
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