by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing
“America’s future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence, we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” Jane Addams (1860-1935)
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, How To Understand Yourself
We all know people who are repeatedly impulsive. They seem unable to inhibit acting or thinking abruptly and with poor results. They do not modify their behaviors even with negative feedback. Their personality is set on “Impulse Mode.” Most impulsive people have...
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, POSTS
We have an abundance of selfish, undisciplined children in our society. But, what about children who are well-disciplined, unselfish and achieving well? We all have some of these in our families. They are obedient, compliant, agreeable, mostly reserved and...
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, POSTS
We live in a society, in the United States, with a marked overindulgence of many of our children, perhaps even the majority. Parents do not often say, “no,” and if they do, they don’t enforce it in real practice. Such children learn they can do what they want without...
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, POSTS
Do your children have the same personalities? Or, are they all very different from one another? Most people are perpetually amazed how their children can be so very different from one another. Even families with identical twins will say the twins have distinct, and...
by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing
The unconscious messages parents give to children about conducting relationships are the messages a child will learn. The unconscious messages may be inconsistent with the conscious messages parents teach. They may negate one another entirely. The child may be...
