Here is your weekly Monday Mashup, a quick list of what we are finding useful. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward to friends.
Blogpost We Read
Families who make goals together keep goals together. They can be fun and sure to benefit your entire household. Making resolutions as a family will help you attain your goals more quickly since everyone will encourage you. Your objective should be clear, measurable, and achievable in a reasonable amount of time. Here’s a roundup of the resolutions from Today’s Parent that you and your family should make:
- Focus on quality, not quantity
- Say no to sarcasm
- Don’t forget date nights
Tips We Like
Children frequently have trouble focusing, but when given a task they perceive as challenging, they are much more likely to quit before giving it their best. Tweaking your approach will help your child pay attention. Parents.com listed ways that may aid in maximizing your child’s ability to listen and minimize your frustration:
Excerpt:
“It’s important to establish routines so he knows what’s coming next. If he always takes a bath before storytime, remind your child that he can only spend ten minutes in the tub if he wants to read his favorite book.”
What We Watched
Our children go through so much unimaginable change as teens. Getting your kids to open up is all about knowing what questions to ask. More importantly, their answers will help us become better parents and ultimately create a deeper, more meaningful bond with our kids. FLEXTALK interviewed four teens, asking them seven things they wished they could say to their parents. Here are 3 of the talking points:
- Admit when you’re wrong.
- Don’t dismiss my feelings as “just being moody”.
- Affirm once in a while.
This Week’s Article
Adventures in Exclusive Pumping for TwinsHelper of the Week
Amy Joy Parenting Coach is a mom of two and a former special ed teacher. She can help with discipline problems, with parenting neurodivergent kiddos or kids with sensory processing issues, or if you have any questions about how your little one is doing in school. And, as always, please give us feedback on Twitter. Which topic above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let us know. Just send a tweet to @themonkeymashup and put #themondaymashup at the end so we can find it.
Have a wonderful week, all.
Much love to you and your family,
The Monkey Mashup Staff
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS NEWSLETTER ISSUE
New Year’s resolutions for the whole family by Today’s Parent
5 Behavior Tweaks YOU Can Make to Get Your Child to Listen By Kathleen M. Reilly
Flextalk’s “7 Things Teens Wish They Could Say to Their Parents”
Article from The Monkey Mashup, “Adventures in Exclusive Pumping for Twins”
