Situation: Siblings with a six-year age difference have difficulty playing together. Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore suggests the mom ask the older sibling to teach the younger child. Moore offers examples such as setting the table, then advises the mom to lavish praise on the older child for being a good teacher. Diane Moore ...
Situation: Twelve-year-old daughter walks to the bus stop on a possible snow day and leaves to stay at a friend’s house all day without telling her parents. Mom wants to know how to curb this behavior before it becomes dangerous. Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore believes that the daughter doesn’t ...
Born into a large, politically connected Tutsi family, Vancouver resident Darius Safari was just a boy when the Rwandan genocide erupted over 100 horrific days in 1994. An estimated 800,000 people – mostly Tutsis – died at the hands of marauding Hutu militias. Safari and one half-sister are the only ...
Situation: A 12-year-old girl is pet-sitting for a neighbor. Besides eating the neighbor’s food, she also made a mess in the neighbor’s home. When confronted, she lied to three different people. The caller asks for suggestions on how he should discipline his daughter. Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore suggests that the 12-year-old has demonstrated ...
Situation: Your kids are fighting and you don’t want to nurture aggression or weakness. How should you respond? Parent Talk Summary: Anytime you do something different with your kids, it gets their attention. Say “freeze!” for example, instead of “stop it.” Tell aggressor to “Hold it right there. You’re a ...
If your grade schooler is a little lawyer, he or she could be going through the “black vs. white, good vs. bad, win vs. lose, right vs. wrong” stage. It could also be their competitive nature, but when a kid is at this stage it can get between friendships, family ...
Resting an experienced hand on the smooth metal wheel, Tom Henrick explains the simple but ingenious mechanics that power the grist mill. “The throttle wheel is right here. Just by taking this wheel and turning it a little bit I allow water to enter the turbine and run through, producing ...
Parents’ response to fights can nurture weakness or aggression. Situation: When kids are fighting a parent’s response can nurture the wrong behavior. Parent Talk Tip: Family counselor Diane Moore tells a typical example of a parent that “gets on” the mean one and “huggin’ up” the victim. She says parents ...
It doesn’t take long to stroll from one end of the Camas Farmers Market to the other. There are larger, more established markets in Clark County you could visit, but before you make big plans for the larger Saturday markets, think about a Wednesday night adventure. This small east county ...
Situation: Homeschooling mom is exhausted because kids are fighting. Parent Talk tip: Have a homeschool class on fighting. Teach the kids how to fight. In the business world, it’s called negotiating or communicating. For a parent, it’s part of discretion – learning what works, what doesn’t and doing things that ...
Buying locally grown and raised food directly from the farmer is a national movement that is gaining momentum in Clark County. One of the most popular places to experience that is at the Vancouver Farmers Market. Located near Esther Short Park in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the weekly Vancouver ...
For most children it’s an everyday occurrence to spend time in front of a television or game screen. What happens when their parents’ values and belief systems clash with those offered up by the entertainment industry? Parents who struggle with this clash of cultures can turn to family life counselor ...
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