Social Skills

RAISING BOYS WHO RESPECT WOMEN

Why is it important that your son respects women? When we talk about rape and sexual assault, too often we talk only about the victims – whether to blame them, or how to help them, to tell them it’s not their fault, or to warn them who they should be alert about, but we never address the main issue- how does the media affect the way your son thinks about women?

GET YOUR KID TO BEHAVE IN PUBLIC

It’s almost inevitable: kids will behave badly in public and moms and dads will turn red with shame and guilt that their little ones are creating a scene. So what’s a mom to do when her child begins to behave badly in public? How can a mom teach her children to behave themselves?