Show Your Preschooler Who’s the Boss

If your child is hitting you, saying he hates you or telling you not to look at him you have a problem. This is how a feisty toddler uses rejection to control you.

If you have displayed any type of softness at all towards your toddler they know they can manipulate you emotionally. It is usually to get out of doing what is asked or to get their own way. It is astounding how very young children can learn this trick as well.

If you want to change behavior start by ignoring your child's statements while maintaining your usual expectation that the child must do as he or she is told. Don't discuss what the child is doing as it only reinforces the behavior. If your kid talks back to you or makes demands do not answer back. The key is to not get caught up in your child's wave of negativity. Keep your attention on directing your child back to task.

If your kid does start behaving well try to give him or her all kinds of positive attention. This is also a good time to tell the kid you love him or her. If you submit the child willed up being the boss and not you.

If your child hits you should never ever hit back. Give the kid a time out instead. In a firm but quiet voice say, 'no hitting.' Then take your kid quietly by the forearm and lead him or her to a step or a chair. Make him or her sit there for five or ten seconds more.

If your child is used to be in control of you and if you start to turn things around then be prepared for protesting. Your child will not like losing control of you. Our child will try harder to get you to submit to their will. They may tell you louder that they don't love you, they may it harder and they may scream and throw a tantrum.

You child will protest and insult you and even get violent. Do not give in. Giving in while this going on can make everything worse. If your child is screaming and yelling while in a time out then watch form a distance. Ignore it until it is settled. This can take great patience but it is worth it when the child finally behaves.

The only time you should intervene is if the kid is going to hurt him or herself in order to get attention. If this is the case it may be time to seek professional help.

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Ways Your Family Can Help The Enviroment

Aiding the environment should be a family endeavor that is shared between adults and kids. Saving the planet is, after all, part of ensuring that your children have a great life to look forward to in the future.

One way to help the planet is to eat more tofu. This is not a joke. Eating beef and chicken is taking a big toll on the Earth. A Cornell study showed that producing meat protein takes eight times the energy that producing vegetable protein does. Six percent of all greenhouse gases from producing this.

However there are drawbacks to this. A strict vegetarian diet requires careful planning in order to get all the iron, vitamin B12, and other nutrients your body needs. Still, even part-time vegetarianism pays off for the environment and your body. If you can explain why this is a good idea to the kids you might just get away with it – except when it is BBQ season and they start craving a hamburger.

Did you know that a single lawn mower can put out more pollution than 73 brand new hybrid cars?

If you’re already enthusiastic about better lawns and gardens, you may not mind burning calories and building up muscles in an effort to spare the air. It is time to stop using so many garden tools. Lawn mowers, weed whackers, and leaf blowers, are extremely eco-unfriendly, spewing an incredible amount of CO2 into the air. In a single day, southern California’s lawn tools do more to pollute the air than every airplane in Los Angeles.

The answer is using push mowers. You can dispense with the leaf blower by using a simple broom and rake. Or, you can ditch the power hedger and get intimate with your plants by using a pair of pruning scissors.

If you are like most people you probably feel like you cannot do without a shower. If your household is like most, heating water accounts for 20 per cent of your electric bill each month. But you don’t have to ruin your life with shorter showers or cold plunges. Below are some baby steps to curb your water heater’s appetite for electricity.

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