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Dr. Noel Swanson..'s Articles

  • Don't expect the unreasonable from you child
    Every parent has expectations from their children, but some have unreasonable expectations. These expectations are formed unconsciously from our own wants and desires. Often parents want to see their children achieve what they themselves couldn’t. This is an unreasonable expectation. It is not necessary that your child will have the same talent and aptitude that you may want him to have.
  • Discipline and Positive Reinforcement
    Discipline. Many people view it as a punishment system but that doesn't have to be the case. Often times, a reward system can work wonders in establishing child discipline. Another thing you might have noticed when attempting to establish child discipline is how one technique doesn't work.
  • Handling Teenagers
    A young boy when asked how he felt on his thirteenth birthday, said, “But for the reputation everything else is fine.” Teenage brings problems with it for the child and the parents. It is a trying time for all concerned. But, with a better understanding of the situation, you can transform the teenage years of your child into joyful years rather than reel under stress and cause tension all around.
  • Working together - Team Work as a Parenting Skill
    There is nothing more important to be said in parenting advice than working together in raising your children and establishing child discipline. It also needs to be said that it goes for all children of a relationship. Even if they belong to a previous relationship, the two people who make up their parents need to work together to form their children's discipline plan.
  • Help! My Child Refuses to Attend School!
    "My nine-year old daughter has started to dread going to school. She always has a head or tummy ache, and ends up missing two or three days a week. When I tell her she has to go, she acts as if she's truly afraid, and cries and screams. We don't know what to do."


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