Category Archives: children’s needs

Adolescents need adults

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, friends, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, society/culture, teenagers, values | Tagged addiction, adolescence, age-appropriate, bodies, emotional muscle, family activities, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, life cycle, mastery, overstimulation, parent-child relationship, parenting, reality, respect, self-regulation, setting limits, teenagers | 2 Comments

Because I said so!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, influences, parent-child relationship, society/culture, values | Tagged age-appropriate, authoritarian parenting, authoritative parenting, conflict-resolution, discipline, emotional muscle, honesty, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, mixed feelings, parenting, perfectionism, problem-solving, punishment, reality, setting limits | 5 Comments

Solving childhood mysteries with the work of imagination

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in children's needs, emotional muscle, feelings, honesty, mastery, parent-child relationship, parenthood, preschoolers, toddlers | Tagged anxiety, emotional muscle, empathy, honesty, imagination, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, mixed feelings, parent-child relationship, parenting, stress | 2 Comments

Change a diaper – change your brain!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in babies, children's needs, emotional muscle, fathers, influences, parenthood, society/culture, values | Tagged abuse, bodies, emotional muscle, fathers, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, parenting, protectiveness, responsibility, sharing | Leave a comment

Telling and tattling

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in bullying, character, children's needs, emotional muscle, feelings, honesty, influences, parent-child relationship, preschoolers, school issues, schoolkids, society/culture, teenagers, values | Tagged bullying, conflict-resolution, emotional muscle, home-school partnership, honesty, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, loyalty, mixed feelings, parenting, problem-solving, secrets, suicide | Leave a comment

Back-to-school rhythm

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in children's needs, emotional muscle, habits, mastery, parent-child relationship, schoolkids, sleep | Tagged discipline, emotional muscle, home and school, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, parenting, routines, setting limits, sleep | Leave a comment

What gets spoiled with spoiling?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, feelings, habits, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, preschoolers, schoolkids, teenagers, values | Tagged bribery, discipline, emotional muscle, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, reality, setting limits, spoiling, whining | Leave a comment

Lessons from “The Sound of Music”

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, emotional muscle, fun ideas, influences, society/culture, values | Tagged discipline, emotional muscle, fun, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, media, medication, parenting, Sound of Music | Leave a comment

Vacations with family

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, fun ideas, grandparents, in-laws | Tagged age-appropriate, discipline, emotional muscle, extended family, family activities, fun, in-laws, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, parent-child relationship, sibling rivalry, vacations | 1 Comment

Learning to Hate

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, emotional muscle, feelings, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, society/culture | Tagged conflict-resolution, emotional muscle, externalization, hate, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, love, mastery, parents, persecution, psychoanalysis, reality, responsibility, self-esteem, teaching, tolerance, violence | 4 Comments