Setting boundaries for your children's free time 12 Articles

by Christina Easterling

One difficult part of parenting is setting limits on your child's time. You want your children to have some freedom to structure their own time; yet, you also want your children to have enough time for the necessities and ...read more

by Molly Carter

Any child psychiatrist will tell you that setting boundaries is key to healthy childhood development. Children need limits plain and simple. Setting boundaries should extend into your child's free time as well. There is...read more

by Theresa Willbye

Parenting has become the ever evolving process of creating and forming our future generations. With the ever increasing cost of living in todays world, the ability of a stay at home parent has been considerably reduced. Th...read more

by Trudi Buck

A Mother is usually the parent left with the duty of enforcing boundaries, but there's no glory to be found in being the disciplinarian of the house. However, without boundaries children aren't as prepared for life when t...read more

by Ian Loft

Children are curious by nature and will explore new experiences in ways that sometimes lead to disaster. This will most frequently occur when children have no effective guidance or supervision however clearly it is not po...read more

by Louise Tucker

Parents need to set boundaries for their children's free time by not letting them spend too much time watching T.V., playing video games or using the computer. Especially television because it exposes them to alcohol, drug...read more

by Christian Macabee

Children are interesting creatures; they want to be free to explore and examine the world around. They also want to do whatever they want, even if it isn't the right thing to be doing. Yet, they also crave borders, where t...read more

by Jennifer Eblin

I hate you. Those are the three words that most often come to mind when thinking of disciplining a child, and setting boundaries. Today's children are growing up faster than ever, and while it was once teenagers who re...read more

by TBlake

Parents. Who'd have thought that after labour and delivery it would only get more and more complicated by the day. Though they seem to shoot up overnight our children need us to focus on them daily and to provide guidance,...read more

by Merrilee Mccain

I can attest that even from pregnancy, a baby needs regularity. I had a few great experiences as a mommy with my first child, Maleah, which taught me the importance of early boundary setting. The saga began as a horrific b...read more

by Heather Cordova

Consider that when we introduce our children to hobbies at an early age, that is all we are doing. Enrolling in gymnastics class doesn't have to lead straight to the Olympics. Growing up is expected at a much faster rate b...read more

by Nicole Cassel

Listen up parents. Is your teen skipping classes, getting referrals left and right, and treating you with disrespect? Let me tell you how to set boundaries for your kids. If you follow these guidelines I can guarantee you ...read more