Another engaing activity takes place betweenyou and your child and a small ball.  Get on the floor on your stomach, facing your child, roll the ball over to your child with your hands.  Have the child roll it back.  Then, see if you both can do it with one finger, then your hand clenched up, then your chin, if you can.  Younger children like this one.  if you have an older child, you can go outside and play "catch" with a ball.

It doesn't take a lot of time to have quality time with your child.  A mere five minutes can do wonders in terms of letting the child know he or she is important enough for you to give them your undivided attention.

Do you have a child that constantly defies your parental control, gets angry easily and tends to blame others for his or her actions, instead of taking responsibility?  If so, you have a child that is stuck developmentally in his or her emotional development.  This type of behavior usually occurs when a child is between two and three years of age. There's a real resentment toward pereived authority.  in the child's attempt to become more indeopendent, he wants to do it his way.

For the frustrated parent, dealing this angry behavior, a couple of suggestions for you to consider:

First, how often do you truly acknowledge all the positive things your childe says and does?  You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar.  It could be somehting as simploe as, "I see you ready for school on time today."  I noticed you put your clothes aqwaqy last night."  I ...   more »