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Tips and Strategies for Parents

Below you will find many tips and strategies shared by Crossroads staff and foster parents. If you have any parenting tools that have worked for you, we would love to hear them. You can send them in by going to "About Crossroads - Contact Us".


UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS: Use these strageties and methods to prevent the spread of infectious disease. Click below to download Crossroads policy on Universal Precautions.

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NON-FOOD TREATS: There are alternatives to edible treats and rewards.

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PERSISTENT & SENSITIVE:  Children's personalities and the conflict that can arise from our differences.

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INTENSE & PERCEPTIVE: Children's personalities and the conflict that can arise from our differences.

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DISCIPLINE IS: A quick reminder about what discipline is and isn't.

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HANDY PHRASES FOR PARENTS From Paul Kropp's book, "I'll Be the Parent, You Be the Kid".
 

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TOUCH & POINT: Ever feel the kids don't hear your repeated requests? If so, try the "Touch & Point" technique.

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RESILIENCY:  Some people experience trauma as children and struggle for the rest of their lives. Others with similar experiences seem to rise above it and go on to be productive adults. Read this interesting study that puts forth some possible reasons why some people are more resilient than others. 

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KIDS STORES: Select read more or click below to download a file containing information on kids stores, activities for kids, and parent stores.

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KIDS MENUS: Here you will find a list of restaurants that have kids menus and a list of restaurants with Kids Eat Free days.

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ONE OR TWO DAY TRIPS: Here is a list of possible day trips to take with your family. Click below to download the file or select Read More.

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Websites

MOVIE RATINGS  www.screenit.com is an excellent on-line resource for parents. The site offers detailed reviews of thousands of movies and videos. The reviews give parents an overview of the movie or video as to content in areas such as  graphic language, violence, adult topics, sexual content and nudity.

ACNE CONTROL  www.acne-resource.org is an excellent website with information regarding the causes and ways of controlling acne.

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES:

yedmonto.ca - fun things for kids & teends to do in edmonton

babyzone.com

kidsofintegrity.com

bullyingcanada.ca

where.ca/edmonton


COPING WITH LICE  www.headlice.org Trying to treat lice successfully can be a challenge to any parent. Recently we discovered a non-chemical method that seems to be very promising!

Also read about our best advice when it comes to treating lice.

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FREE STUFF:

Check out these websites for free things:

coupondivas.com

kidseatfree.com (much of this is U.S.)

canadianparents.com

smartcanucks.ca - great website with areas for kids, babies, toddlers, educational freebies, free books, free calendars, even free ice cream slab cakes!

canadianfreestuff.com

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