Parenting Tips
@parentips
Daniel Reeves (@dreev), dad of Faire (@faireness) and Cantor (@cantastic), with contributions from Bethany (@thatgirl) and friends.
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Get a decibel meter on yr phone, set it at center of dinner table. Anytime someone makes it go red they have to put 10¢ in family money pot.
Don't let on that you can understand things said in a whiny voice. Like literally make them believe it. You simply don't speak Whine.
Tricky to pull off but powerful: vigilantly maintain the illusion that you can't understand anything spoken in a whine
nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opi… Check out the last few sentences: parents need to be happy and model an adult life worth striving for.
Don't tell kids they have inherent talent. chronicle.com/blogs/percolat… HT @kbmcgowan
Not caving to whining is obvious. Less obvious: don't let whining effect a compromise concession. Fine line between that and redirection!
Baby Hacks: talkfast.org/2011/05/06/bab… (dropbox/picasa for images and youtube playlists)
Don't give more than 1 warning before punishing/consequences. More than 1 and it's not a warning, it's part of a seriousness-gauging game.
Science toys you can make with your kids: http://scitoys.com (good stuff, vouches @dreev)
Key to success for kids who could delay gratification was use of tricks to distract selves from marshmallow staring at them. #akrasia
The ability to delay gratification at age 4 highly predictive of future life success. http://dreev.es/marshmallow
(That was an actual exchange between @faireness (3.8 years old) and her dad, @dreev.)
"Daddy, I thought of a homophone! Chicken like a chicken that walks around a farmyard, and chicken that we eat!" Tip: "um, right, sweetie!"
That was from this fascinating (and slightly disturbing) article on "Chinese Mothers": http://dreev.es/cmoms
worst thing u can do for child's self-esteem is let them give up & best confidence builder is learning u can do somethng u thought u couldnt
When you say no to kid's request, don't let on that it's at your discretion. Act like the answer follows from an unbending law of nature.
http://dreev.es/santalie -- I was amused by the comment "Disclosure: the author has no children and hates fun."
Things you can't say about parenting: http://on.ted.com/8m5s (TED talk)
Protect your children from flying debris: http://dreev.es/flyingdebris (Today Now! piece from the Onion News Network)
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