Spoil your kids with physical affection. Study after study show that this can have positive long term effects. According to the Grant Study, the most expensive and encompassing 75 year longevity study, the 75 year olds who had "life satisfaction" and happy had one thing in common: they felt closeness with their parent. The decades old idea that you can spoil a child with affection is to be ignored (although you can spoil your child with other things). Be liberal with those hugs and kisses. (It's good for adults too.)
How a Parent's Affection Shapes the Child's Happiness for Life
What else makes a good parent? Here are 10 competencies. The most important: Love and affection. No surprise there. Number two seems to surprise parents...
What Makes A Good Parent
Scientific American
CONSIDER THIS
Build in an affection ritual. Every morning and every evening, have a cuddle.
What parenting competency would you like to work on? How?
BOOK DISCUSSION
This semester's book is Alison Gopnik's, The Gardener and the Carpenter. Please pick up a copy. We will begin our book discussion the week of September 10. Please read up through Chapter 1 before then to discuss.
CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT
No classes this Monday, September 3 for Labor Day Holiday.
There are still a couple spots left!
Creating a Family Vision and Mission: A Parenting Workshop for Couples
How a Parent's Affection Shapes the Child's Happiness for Life
What else makes a good parent? Here are 10 competencies. The most important: Love and affection. No surprise there. Number two seems to surprise parents...
What Makes A Good Parent
Scientific American
CONSIDER THIS
Build in an affection ritual. Every morning and every evening, have a cuddle.
What parenting competency would you like to work on? How?
BOOK DISCUSSION
This semester's book is Alison Gopnik's, The Gardener and the Carpenter. Please pick up a copy. We will begin our book discussion the week of September 10. Please read up through Chapter 1 before then to discuss.
CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT
No classes this Monday, September 3 for Labor Day Holiday.
There are still a couple spots left!
Creating a Family Vision and Mission: A Parenting Workshop for Couples
When: Sunday, September 9, 3-5 pm
Where: More Mojo Studios, 1347 Church Street, SF
Cost: $50/Couple
RSVP: Registration form or email nancyggnass@gmail.com
This class is designed for couples to dream, hope, share and create their family mission and vision. Parents lament the lack of time with their partner to have these meaningful conversations about core values and finding common goals. This is the time. In this workshop, we will brainstorm together to get ideas flowing, then we will break up into couples, and develop the guiding principles of your family. Think of it as a productive date night, a time to enjoy each other without children, build the framework for parenting, and establish your unique family culture. Join us!
Sorry, no childcare provided.
Read more here.