Articles by Bette Alkazian

What About When Parents Do Not Agree?
How you and your spouse deal with extended family is also a very important part of how you teach your child to be a member of your team/family. How do you deal with your in-laws? Do you work hard with your spouse to bring the two families together, however difficult that may be? You do not have to like everyone or agree with them. You do need to show respect. Remember, your kids are watching!
Published 28Apr2011, viewed 141 times

Choosing Your Perspective
So, no more using stress as an excuse not to have a good relationship with your spouse! No more using stress as an excuse not to play with your kids. The measure of the person is how he or she handles things in the tough times. Be a good role model and add some much-needed laughter into your family! Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. Anonymous.
Published 28Apr2011, viewed 148 times

Seeing Ourselves Through the Eyes of Others
From your kids point of view, how a family spends its time teaches kids what is important. If you believe in being active and having healthy bodies, then spending the weekends on the couch is not teaching kids to lead an active lifestyle. If you loved hiking before you had kids, take the kids hiking. If you love building things, teach your kids to build.
Published 26Apr2011, viewed 136 times

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Making mistakes in front of our kids is of vital importance. I remember at 22-years old realizing for the first time that my parents were human and actually had faults. They fell off of their pedestals! The realization was both frightening and liberating for me. It gave me permission to make mistakes and to be human - just like them, but it also took a period of grieving to accept them as flawed individuals.
Published 25Apr2011, viewed 117 times

Family Life as a Team Sport
When the going gets tough, you want your kids to turn to you. When they need something, you want your kids to ask you first. When they are not sure how to go about handling a situation you want them to look to your values first, not outside the family.
Published 25Apr2011, viewed 126 times

Clarifying Your Values
Any successful business has a mission statement. A companys mission statement states the beliefs, aims, objectives, priorities, and goals in working together. It gives direction and states the purpose of the organization. Would not it be great if your family had a mission statement? Then, periodically, you could review it and know if you are headed toward Mt. Olympus or Mt. Vesuvius.
Published 25Apr2011, viewed 115 times

Bring On The Fun!
Raising kids, though it feels like it will last forever, is really a short time in the scheme of your whole life. If you spend all of that time worrying, saying no, correcting, cleaning, and putting toys away, you will miss this minute. In this minute is an opportunity to enjoy your kids.
Published 25Apr2011, viewed 193 times

Being Human in Front of Our Kids
When your child misbehaves, ask yourself, how would I want my child to handle this if someone else did it to him or her?
Published 24Apr2011, viewed 159 times

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