Parenting Matters Now with Dr. Roger Smith

Have you ever struggled with taking your child to the doctor to get additional medical care? Use your instincts, don't act through fear. 
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Are you training your children for success? Meal time and bed time are the two key times to set up your children for success. Because they are usually routine it makes for a perfect time to establish other good habits around. 
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Praise to children is like the sun to flowers! It helps them grow! Do you find daily opportunities to praise your children? Praise in a child's life is important! If you haven't today, go tell your children something you are proud of them for.
 
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Do you order for your children, or do they order for themselves? It is a good exercise for children to order food for themselves so they can start building conversations. Look for opportunites for them to speak and you'll find them everywhere! 
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I challenge you to think differently about bedtime as not just the deadline of getting to bed or getting to sleep, but think of it as the process of going to bed, it is so important! Towards the end of the day is when their hearts and emotions open up. Even if it means staying up just a little later, use this time to have a conversation if they are opening up! 
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Take notice of things in your area like concerts, or centers of excellence. Enjoy the things you can do for free in your area! There are usually free movie nights, walking events, or music in the park! 
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Do you fear parenting the teenage years? The older our children get the less control we have over them. If we are losing control, what else do we have to work within our relationship with our teenagers? We must shift our persepctive and let go of control and move into a position of influence. It is a privilege to be an influence to our children, not a right!
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Don't wait until your children are competent to work. They are excited to work and do something to help out even when they don't know how to do it yet. They are eager to learn! Let them learn through the work they want to help you with! All it takes is a little patience! 
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I challenge you, in all the chaos that can happen in the car with your kids, to create a little world in your car where you are all together! Breaking the isolation, start a conversation!
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Parents want their children to be of good character, and a trait of good character is thinking of others before yourself.
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