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When you keep criticizing your children, they don’t stop loving you, they stop loving themselves.

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Nobody’s perfect. Here’s how to be a good influence on your kids anyway.

Everyone makes mistakes. Here’s how your kids can learn from yours
By Jay Deitcher, posted Oct 27, 2022
https://vox.com/even-better/23421467/parenting-good-influence-role-model-kids-mistakes

Questions to ask your kid beyond ‘How was your day?’

By Marie Holmes, posted Feb 9 2023
https://huffpost.com/entry/better-questions-kids-how-was-your-day_l_63e5248ae4b0808b91be8ca9
Want to have meaningful conversations with your child? Here are better questions to ask that may get them talking.

What to say instead of ‘What Is It?’ when kids show you their artwork

By Michelle Woo, published 10/16/17
https://lifehacker.com/what-to-say-instead-of-what-is-it-when-kids-show-you-1819504379
When little kids create a work of art—say, a drawing or painting or pipe cleaner sculpture - adults typically respond in two different ways. There’s the effusive, “That’s so beautiful! You’re such an amazing artist! Let’s hang this masterpiece on the wall!” Or there’s the blank stare and the question: “What is it?”
Neither is very helpful for the young artist, educators say. Kids who are over-complimented often become stressed and anxious about maintaining a high level of praise, so they tend to only try things that are “safe.” And constantly asking kids, “What is it?” enforces an idea that art has to be something concrete. (Jackson Pollock’s mom and dad probably never asked him, “But where’s the sun and the clouds and the grass?”)
Instead, when talking about a kid’s artwork, adults should focus on the process, not the product. Writes Linda Carson of Brilliant Star Magazine, “What you’re trying to do is feed back their explorations to them - being neither too critical nor too gushy - and leave lots of room in the conversation for them to talk, too. What they think about their artwork is more important than what you or I think.”

How parents can encourage their child’s joy

By Rachel Fairbank, published 8/29/22
https://lifehacker.com/how-parents-can-encourage-their-childs-joy-1849465562
Kids have a natural propensity for joy. Here’s how to support it.

How to teach my child to write an essay

https://thenaturalhomeschool.com/how-to-teach-my-child-to-write-an-essay.html
Navigating the internet, you can find multiple articles about the nuances of writing academic essays and improving the writing skills of adults. However, when teaching children the nuances of essay writing, you should be very careful and attentive. The first knowledge on how to write an essay plays a fundamental role in a kid’s development and further learning.