10  Ways to Help Your Child Make Friends © Judy H. Wright, www.ArtichokePress.com   Nothing touches the heartstrings of a parent or teacher more than the plaintive cry “nobody likes me” or”I don’t have any friends.”  We wish there were something we could do to insure the child will be, if not the most popular, at least included in the games […]

3 Simple Ways to Keep Young Children Safe As a parent, keeping your children safe is your chief priority. And there’s plenty of advice out there touting certain strategies for doing so. But it doesn’t have to be complex or difficult. To improve the safety of your young child, we’ll keep things simple. Here are […]

4 Ways to Connect & Communicate With Your Toddler   Do you talk to your kids or with them?  Do you listen to them and do you actually hear what they are trying to tell you? Does your body language (non-verbal) match what your words (verbal) are communicating?  Connecting and bonding with your children will […]

Every year parents are assigned the daunting task of finding unique costumes for Halloween. The scariest part of this holiday can be braving the crowds of other parents at department stores only to be left with few costume choices to pick over. To avoid this stress, you might want to consider buying costumes online or […]

How to protect your child from cyber-bullying using mobile monitoring applications? Read this blog post to find the many ways that parents can monitor who and what their child is receiving and sending on their mobile applications.

Words have power. Power makes you stronger and more independent. When you can communicate with words and language, both verbal and non-verbal, then other people know how to respond to your requests. As a parent educator I am trained to assist parents, teachers and child care providers in methods Emotions are triggers for our needs, […]

Many parents are nervous about sending their children to school because of bullying. Prepare them to not just be a “by-stander or witness” but to be assertive and aware of what is going on around them. Claim your free ebook on Parent’s Resources for Bullying at http:

Natural and Logical Consequences When families and communities send consistent messages to our children concerning the repercussions of dangerous and unkind behavior, it will be easier for them to avoid participation in these behaviors.  It is our responsibility as adults to help them live by the basic rule that actions have consequences. Natural Consequences Natural consequences happen when a child is irresponsible; soccer […]

You do not have to be a perfect parent (now there is an oxymoron) but you do have to be a present parent.   They will recognize that it is okay to make mistakes and lose our temper sometimes, but we also acknowledge when we are wrong and try to do better next time.  We say […]

Do parents lie to their kids? Do kids tell lies?  Why do we lie, often when the truth would serve us better? We recently had a group of friends and relatives in our home for a dinner party.  After some great food and general conversation, I asked them to help me with this project.  Everyone […]

    Are you concerned because trying to communicate and connect with your kids is hard?  You are competing with video games, friends, school, sports, hormones, growing pains and  lack of interest on their part. Please believe me as a parent educator, mom, gram, auntie, neighbor and friend that being pro-active in getting and staying […]

Bullying, cyberbullying and online harassment have been in the news lately.  It is horrible when your child is bullied or taken advantage of in any power struggle.  But, what do parents do if they find out that their child is the bully? Sometimes physically bullying is a matter of who is pushing who when the […]

Bullying, cyberbullying and online harassment have been in the news lately.  It is horrible when your child is bullied or taken advantage of in any power struggle.  But, what do parents do if they find out that their child is the bully? Sometimes physically bullying is a matter of who is pushing who when the […]

Stress Triggers for Kids How do you know what is stress and what is a temper tantrum? How do you figure out if the stomachache is from too many tacos last night or the math test scheduled today? Why would your six year old be stressed when you are the one who lost the job? […]

How do people from dysfunctional homes know what is normal or appropriate in relationships? What happens if you want to be a loving parent but your role model was a bad example? How do you learn to be a mother if you have never been mothered? How do you bounce back from bad life experiences? […]

As parents our job is to teach our children how to be the person that will attract the kind of people they want to be around. As we empower them to respect and be kind to others, it will reflect on how they feel about themselves. When we teach them how to be a kind […]

As parents our job is to teach our children how to be the person that will attract the kind of people they want to be around. As we empower them to respect and be kind to others, it will reflect on how they feel about themselves. When we teach them how to be a kind […]

Watch a family in the grocery store with a cute little toddler and everyone smiles and loves the baby.  When he is throwing a tantrum and screaming, not so much. It is amazing the wonderful lessons we learn when watching a baby learn to adapt to this world.  A baby is the most responsive and […]

Watch a family in the grocery store with a cute little toddler and everyone smiles and loves the baby.  When he is throwing a tantrum and screaming, not so much. It is amazing the wonderful lessons we learn when watching a baby learn to adapt to this world.  A baby is the most responsive and […]

You can be mistaken more than often in judging the security of your child within the comfort of the home. When engaging technology in almost every aspect of life, you inevitably increase vulnerability. The internet has brought a plethora of resources with its inevitable side effects.

Teaching manners and social skills to children (c) Judy Helm Wright aka Auntie Artichoke Are you embarrassed when your teenager shovels his food, or your toddler eats with her fingers? What part do manners play in the social skills necessary to be a confident adult? Manners have a purpose People who behave in a polite […]

Cyber bullying: What is the school’s role in this? Students who are afraid and nervous about being bullied can not concentrate on learning. If technology is a boon, it can be a curse as well. School districts globally are beginning to understand there consequences for allowing bullying in any form to go during school or […]

Make Your Home the “Go-To House” Encourage Positive Friendships © Judy Helm Wright aka Auntie Artichoke—https://judyhwright.com As parents and caregivers (lots of Aunties and Uncles out there) we want to encourage positive friendships with the children we love. We also like an orderly house and a minimum of noise and confusion in our house. Sometimes […]