http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Suzie+McDermott Parenting Suzie McDermott Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=379734&ca=Parenting Correctly labeling child emotions helps our child to become more self confident. The first step in correctly labeling our child’s emotions is to acknowledge and openly express our own feelings. This helps our child to understand that all emotions and feelings are okay, not just the good ones. It als... Parenting Suzie McDermott Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=377420&ca=Parenting Teaching empathy is firstly about being able to recognize when either you or your child is having an emotion. Secondly, understanding how that emotion feels for yourself and for your child and finally being able to express and label the feeling. It doesn’t matter whether you wear your heart on your... Parenting Suzie McDermott Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=362348&ca=Parenting Communicating with children can often be a daunting task. Often they seem to be on another planet and in some respects they are. Their cognitive (mental) abilities are not yet fully developed. Depending on their age they will be incapable of seeing another’s point of view, seeing all sides to a prob... Parenting Suzie McDermott Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=317218&ca=Parenting When discussing the concept of communicating with children, examples of body language are often overlooked. However, the use of body language examples can highlight some of the most simple and easiest ways to communicate with children and even teenagers. Communicating with our children and teenagers... Parenting Suzie McDermott Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=286411&ca=Parenting Goal setting for kids is all about making sure your kids have fun. When kids have fun they actively seek out the experience again and again. We have all heard it a thousand times before – “just one more time, please mommy/daddy!!” This is the catch phase of kids who are having fun. When children are... Parenting Suzie McDermott Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=286310&ca=Parenting Goal setting for Children is never easy. How do we help our kids set appropriate goals? Motivate them to achieve these goals and act as their mentor to guide them when the going gets tough. Following the four easy steps below will make goal setting for your children a whole lot easier 1)Define the g...