By Kerry Beymer, parenting education and support manager at Encompass Frustrated, stressed out, angry, depressed—feeling unable to handle their children’s behavior. Many times in a day, I hear from parents in our community who want help with parenting because they are literally at the end of their rope and experiencing these and more feelings. Let […]
What a child learns before the age of 5 can directly impact his ability to hold a job, develop healthy relationships and deal with stress later in life. Between the first day of preschool and the first day of kindergarten, young children are expected to learn how to focus on a task, control impulses and […]
By Kerry Beymer Each April, people across the country join forces to raise awareness of the terrible tragedy of child abuse and neglect for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. At Encompass, we know that parenting can be difficult – especially when kids have challenging behaviors. Parenting is the most challenging yet most important job we […]
By Liann Smith (This blog, originally posted October 11, 2012, on the Impact Parenting website blog, is reposted with permission.) I was in Costco this weekend returning something. The lines were long but I had to get it done. I was behind a dad and his two children. His son was about 7 and his daughter about 4 years […]
Each year at this time, many of us make a pledge to eat healthier, exercise more, stop bad habits and improve upon countless other behaviors. What if one of the resolutions were about parenting? And not just “I promise to be a better parent,” but actually making changes in specific actions. Here are my ideas […]
