Peer pressure is a big challenge for all kids at one point or another. Can you as a parent help? The short answer is yes, but it requires patience, effort, and understanding.
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With kids being exposed to thousands to information sources and other voices constantly, it can seem hard, if not impossible to ensure children are growing up with a set of values you approve of.
Today’s episode can help. We discuss a quick and easy tool you can employ to help instill the values you find important in your children.
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This article is based on Episode 3 of the 99 Parent Podcast.
One of the most challenging things parents encounter is how to communicate values and ethics to kids.
If you’re like many parents, it’s done in a very informal way.
However, doing things in an ad-hoc manner can be problematic. When we don’t clearly state what’s right and what’s wrong, we end up leaving that up to the rest of society to do.
And a lot of times the lessons our kids learn from society aren’t the ones we want our kids living by.