Your Kids – Page 3 – Scouting magazine

Teaching children that failure is an option

By Aaron Derr

Raising children to understand that failure is an option, in a ‘participation trophy’ society.

Stress-busting tips to help you and your family relax in the new year

By Aaron Derr

If your resolution is to relax, use these strategies to reduce stress in your family’s daily lives.

Activities to help your kids beat winter boredom

By Aaron Derr

What do you do when your kids say, “I’m bored!” Use these activities to help keep them entertained during winter break.

How to help Scouts and Venturers avoid drug or alcohol addiction

By Scouting magazine

Use this advice to recognize (and prevent) your child’s abuse of drugs or alcohol.

Try these 10 steps to help Scouts develop resilience

By Scouting magazine

Here’s how to help your kids (and Scouts, too) develop the “Fourth R” — resilience — to help them overcome adversities.

Try these methods for managing your kids’ screen time

By Scouting magazine

But reducing kids’ screen time from seven hours down to one or two is more than just an elementary math problem. For some expert advice, Scouting turned to two experts (and sisters): Pam Withers and Cynthia Gill, authors of Jump-Starting Boys.

Expert advice on how to unleash your child’s imagination

By Scouting magazine

Every child is wired to be creative. Use these strategies to help unleash your son’s or daughter’s natural creativity.

How to know the difference between healthy competition and aggression

By Scouting magazine

Learn how to identify the differences between healthy competition among boys and dangerous aggression.

How to ground helicopter-style parenting methods—fast

By Scouting magazine

Don’t let hovering parents—including yourself—wreck havoc on your troop or crew.

Explore the science behind why your Scouts need sleep

By Scouting magazine

IT’S 8 A.M. ON SATURDAY, and you’re not a happy camper. Although the members of the new-Scout patrol have been up and active since dawn, the senior patrol leader and half the patrol leaders are