Happy 4th from Stroller Strides

Check out our Community Partners, Stroller Strides as they send out their July Newsletter http://bit.ly/cbFL0F.  What a great dedication to women and mommies...loving the intro paragraph!

Ideas to Help Keep your Child Entertained this Summer

Worried about how to keep your child entertained this summer? Here are a few ideas to get you started:

1. Play Board Games
2. Make crafts from things you find outside in nature or around the house
3. Visit a park or play ground. Feed the ducks while you are there.
4. Visit area museums
5. Visit the zoo
6. Join the YMCA or neighborhood pool
7. Create a treasure hunt
8. Make forts with pillows, blankets and chairs
9. Go camping inside
10. Foster your child's imagination by playing hospital, news reporter, or have a talent show
11. Ride bikes, scooters or skates
12. Organize a neighborhood kickball game
13. Catch Fireflies
14. Create a Kool-Aid Stand
15. Read books

Here is a short list to get you started in having a fun-filled summer. I would love to hear your feedback on one of the ideas above or if you have something that you do with your child that is not mentioned I would love to hear about that too.

When Sticker Charts, Time Outs and Spankings Do Not Work

“When Time Outs, Sticker Charts, and Spankings Do Not Work”

Are you having a difficult time relating to you resistant child? We have all heard about time outs, sticker charts, and spankings. What happens when the behavioral tools do not work? We become frustrated and so do our children. At Chat With The Counselor you will learn to identify control techniques that resistant children typically use and then be able to learn tools to work with them when they are being challenging.

Come to Chat With The Counselors on Thursday June 10, 2010 from 11-noon at Starbucks 11464 Olive Blvd. St. Louis, MO. This is a time for you to chat with Living Well By Design (professional counselors) and others for FREE, no obligation. We will discuss techniques and tips to help you with your resistant child. Coffee included and your chance to win a cd!

The tips and techniques that will be given come from The Perfect Fit-Finding Your Ideal Parenting Style seminars they were custom designed from a compilation of personal and professional models. We believe that no exclusive model of parenting style is the answer. Finding Your Ideal Parenting Style is a work in progress and we encourage you to custom design the style that best suits you.

Come to Chat With The Counselors on Thursday June 10, 2010 from 11-noon at Starbucks 11464 Olive Blvd. St. Louis, MO. You will be one step closer to Your Perfect Fit in Parenting!

Summer Night

A summer sky and the feeling of a summer's night is magnificant in itself.  Laughing, talking, catching fireflies, or just staring up in the sky; this is when memories begin.  It is summertime and the importance of developing and fostering traditions and memories is important especially with our children.  Summer is a time of excitement that our children anticipate though the last few months of their school year.  Make the summertime special not only for them but for you too...let your children stay up a little later, lay on the grass, catch fireflies, take in the darkness and teach them to develop comfort in this feeling instead of fearing the dark, pitch a tent and stay overnight or just a few hours in the tent with them.  Experience the summer at night and begin developing those memories and traditions, these memories will provide comfort for both you and your children in times of despair or may just place a small smile on their face in a time of need.  Read a story about a girl, a dad and a summer sky...http://bit.ly/aoXXLL

Tell us about your summer night traditions and memories...