Youth Development Archives - Page 13 of 14

Parenting Solutions: Including Children in the Family Grieving Process

By Scouting magazine

When there is a death, children are often neglected mourners. But in order to adapt, adjust, and heal, children need guidance and support from significant adults.

Bringing Out the Best in Your Family

By Scouting magazine

When tough situations arise, strong and healthy families can pull together as a team, drawing strength from individual character traits and smart parenting.

Parenting Solutions: Getting Children to Cooperate

By Scouting magazine

The ability to work well in one’s family and with others is one of the most valuable skills a parent can help a child develop.

Parenting Solutions: Five Healthy Habits to Instill in Children

By Scouting magazine

Teaching these behaviors with diligence and discipline will reduce illness, promote safety, and encourage healthy living through diet and exercise.

Parenting Solutions: Children Need Privacy to Become Self-Reliant Adults

By Scouting magazine

Parents can honor a child’s “personal space” while maintaining supervision and providing guidance.

Parenting Solutions; Being a Father Who Makes a Difference

By Scouting magazine

An effective, involved father provides an important foundation for his children and their ongoing security, stability, and development.

A Week with No TV

By Scouting magazine

How did families in a Cub Scout den fare during their participation in National TV-Turnoff Week? First, they survived. Second, they even enjoyed it!

Parenting Solutions: Helping Children Learn Positive Values From Sports Heroes

By Scouting magazine

If a child idolizes a sports superstar whose behavior is undesirable, it’s important for parents to point out that people may be fantastically talented in one thing and bad in something else.

Parenting Solutions: How children Can Overcome Shyness

By Scouting magazine

Parents and others can help a child who’s ill at ease in social situations say “goodbye to shy.”

Parenting Solutions: Dealing With Sibling Rivalry and Quarrels

By Scouting magazine

When siblings learn how to resolve conflicts at a young age, they grow up to regard each other not only as brothers and sisters but as the closest of lifelong friends.