Raising positive kids in a negative world 15 Articles

by Carol Gioia

Positive parents raise positive children. If we model an upbeat attitude about life and the world in front of our kids, that will go a long way toward insuring their own attitudes will be positive. Just being upbeat is n...read more

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by Dianne Murphy-Rodgers

There's not much point in trying to raise positive kids in a negative world. We need to see it as a positive world; a beautiful place, full of incredible possibilities. That's not to say we shouldn't teach them about the d...read more

by Kim Hunnell

I have a 14 month little girl and she is my pride and joy. Raising a child can be very scary but if you use common sense it will guide you through the process. You are the first one that can influence your child, so use th...read more

by Mona Cole

They say that a child can be the cruelest person you ever meet, in todays world that can be very true. In this generation children are influenced by the world around them, and corruption is in every direction. Parent'...read more

by Allison Hickman

There are wars taking place amongst other nations and world situations we would never have imagined we would be faced with(terrorism). The evening news has to be censored by parents if possible, due to the violent content ...read more

by best4writing Ann Patterson

ENJOY THE AGE THAT YOU ARE Thank you, Ann Landers. My son was 12, my daughter, 11, and my baby girl was 1 month old when I read an "Ann Landers column" that is still important to my chil...read more

by Lisa Bower

Children are children for such a short amount of time, that it's important that they are allowed to retain their innocence for as long as possible. We seem so determined to make them become adults earlier and earlier. We g...read more

by Mariann H

Raising kids itself is hard enough, They do not come with instruction booklets, i wish they did but they don't. Me, my husband, our families are positive influences on my children ages 7 and 5 months. My son is a giver, he...read more

by Peter Eleazar

Some kids set their own password on a Disney site, to "MickeyMinnieGoofieDonald". They explained that the site required them to enter at least "four characters". The password to successful parenting also has four chara...read more

by A.L. Bank

Cancer There's a pair of brown leather couches in my house. On the surface the leather is slightly faded, a bit beaten up, and moderately classy in their own welcoming way; that's the surface of those couches. Whenever...read more

by Dreemer

I just don't know how kid's survive today. All the drugs, gangs etc, and lack of parental discipline and supervision. It takes a special person to really lead and guide a child to full maturity without a lot of problems. ...read more

by Jenni Koach

In today's society I think that every parent would love to protect their children from the reality of the world for as long as they can. However, everyone has to face reality eventually. The world we live in can be an awfu...read more

by Chris Ferguson

Well, my solution is to show my kid the reality of what's going on around them. My daughter knows that the people who mistreat other people are miserable themselves. The kids who share are likely to have things shared bac...read more

by Jeremiah Smythe

How to teach children in a positive manner, even if they make mistakes, instead of a negative way, would encourage children to learn from their mistakes and want further praise for acknowledging that they did it and t...read more

by Joker

To me, it depends on where you live. If you live in an area with gangs, poverty, and drugs, it will be more difficult to teach your child positive values because when they leave the house they will be struck with the oppos...read more