Posted by on under special needs children, growth numbers, mothers and fathers, saw 2, social networks, mth, minivan, milli, co founder, launch, toddlers, new features, luft, parenting, ceo, year anniversary | 
Parenting communities are becoming increasingly common on the web as mothers and fathers turn to social networks to share stories and elicit advice about raising children.
Circle of Moms, a social network for yes, moms, is celebrating its year anniversary with steady growth numbers and a few new features. The site is what you'd expect from its name— a community that lets moms connect with friends, talk about their kids, and join topical Q&A communities, with subjects ranging from recipe swapping, special needs children, and discipline for toddlers. Since the site's launch last October, Circle of Moms has accumulated 7 million registered moms and is adding 150,000 new moms per week, according to the site's co-founder and CEO
Ephraim Luft. And the social network saw 2.1 million unique visitors last month, according to
Quantcast.
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Posted by Jason Kottke on under prae, ollie, rewards, rage, parenting, attitude, psychology, appearance, teeth, parents, parental pressure |
When the usual methods of getting your child to do something fail, perhaps try the exact opposite approach instead.
They direct the parents to temporarily back off almost entirely: to stop asking their child to do the desired behavior and say it's OK not to do it at all, stop offering praise or other rewards for doing it, and mask their attitude of engaged enthusiasm or frustrated rage with an appearance of bland disinterest in whether the child does it or not. What happens next, frequently, is that within a day or two the child starts doing the behavior with no prompting from parents or anyone else.
The explanation of why this technique works is pretty interesting. We've tried it a bit recently with Ollie and his extreme disinterest in brushing his teeth and we're seeing some promising results, although I imagine this works better with slightly older kids.
Tags: parenting psychology
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Posted by on under digg, blockbuster, living room, parenting |
Parenting is a lot like the latest Blockbuster: you know you should be enjoying it, but secretly you're glad when it's over.
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Posted by Jason Kottke on under billis, televi, aying, captivate, frt, dsi, free time, real world, parenting, brain, parents |
How do you simplify your life and possessions when kids are in the mix?
Don't feel guilty. Modern parents are made to feel as if they are depriving their children of "the best" if they don't sign them up for every lesson, take them to every movie, or buy them every brain-enhancing toy. Advertising companies are paying billions of dollars to make you think this. It is not reality... it is a fictional version of reality they are selling. Let it go. Don't "buy" into it. You are not depriving your children; you are enhancing their mental and emotional development by letting the real world around them captivate and interest them. Do you think the Smiths' kids are really better off because they spend all their free time in front of a television or playing with a DSI?
(via @brainpicker)
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