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Dixon R Hammer - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Dixon Hammer is a Life Coach, loving Dad, and adoring husband who for the past 10 years has been working with children, teenagers and parents to discover the simplest most effective ways to empower and to transform their lives. Dixon was trained as a high school teacher yet was quickly identified as gifted in working with dissatisfied teenagers.
For the past 6 years he has grown a successful life coaching practice, helping parents, couples ... [More]
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- A Parenting Dilemma - When You Don't Like Your Child's Friends
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Sometimes our kids choose friends who we simply don't get along with or who 'push' our buttons. Our reaction can vary from mild discomfort which we simply keep to ourselves to extreme disapproval which we firmly express to our kids (and sometimes to their friends!). Read more and view the video.
- Dealing With Your Kid's "Boredom" and Need to Be Entertained
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It's essential for everyone's sanity that, as our children grow-up, they develop the ability to self-direct and engage in purposeful and meaningful activities that build their sense of self and self-esteem. While computers, videos and television are 'pleasurable' experiences they tend not to build confidence and a sense of self...
- What to Do When You Are Attracted to Someone Who Isn't Your Partner?
[Relationships:Conflict] If you find yourself strongly attracted to someone outside of your relationship there is a good chance you've just met a kindred spirit. Relax! This is completely natural and doesn't mean you're with the 'wrong' person or that you'll never find fulfillment with your life partner. One of the greatest confusions in relationships...
- What to Do When Your Child Or Teen is Really Angry
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Sometimes as parents we can forget how challenging growing up is. One of the greatest difficulties that our tots and teens face is getting a grip on their emotions. When things don't go their own way (like many adults) our children can be swamped in negative emotions. Here are some ways to deal with children's strong emotions whilst controlling our own reactions. Also contains a link to a related video and audio.
- Reducing Relationship Stress This Christmas
[Relationships:Enhancement] For many couples, Christmas can a stressful time. What is meant to joyous and relaxing time can simply become a stream of expectation management with 'trying to keep everyone happy' being the ultimate goal. The irony is the more we try to keep everyone happy the less happy we are and the more pressure we end of placing on our loved ones. Learn how you can help your relationship blossom this Christmas season. A video is also available and features the author discussing these relationship saving concepts in more detail.
- How to Deal With Your Family's Expectations at Christmas
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Christmas can be a very stressful time for families, both financially and emotionally. Expectations around the purchase of gifts can put financial pressure on parents, leading to greater pressure on the relationship between partners. Expectations around extended-family events and interactions can also contribute to family pressure at this time.
- Parenting Self-Esteem - Being Satisfied With Our Parenting
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Besides remembering to take charge, grow your values and enjoy your kids in any one moment - the deciding factor regarding the quality of our parenting experience is how we see our selves as a parent and how we see our kids. I've worked with a couple of parents this week who are doing a simply awesome job with their parenting - however they were still choosing to focus on the glass half empty. It's essential once you accept responsibility for fully engaging and doing your best as a parent on a day to day basis ...
- Love Your Partner - Removing Nastiness From Relationships
[Relationships] While there are 1000 reasons why we may become irritable with our partner, we can also simply choose not to be. This means that whatever we have to say to our partner, we can do it with loving-kindness instead of nastiness. Here's how we can do this in intimate relationships.
- Fatherhood - Clarifying a Dad's Place in the Home
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] One of the greatest challenges I see many fathers facing is clarity on how to engage fully and take responsibility as a parent, and more specifically their role as a father. Here's a few questions dads can ask themselves to clarify their role within the family.
- Don't Try to Keep Your Kids Happy
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Whenever we do something for the sole reason of trying to make our kids happy we are enslaving ourselves and our child. We are disempowering our child by teaching them that their happiness is dependent on factors outside of themselves, while enslaving our self with the idea that we are responsible for our child's emotions. So how can you get past this parenting trap?
- Guidelines For Kids' TV and Computer Games - How Much is Enough?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Sometimes when life becomes hectic it can be tempting to parent via the path of least resistance. One of the "easiest" paths is allowing our kids to turn on the Television, put on a DVD, or play with a computer. The effect of TV and computer games on our kids can be positive, but it needs to be done in moderation and not as a form of reward or distraction. So how much is too much?
- Children Who Are Victims of Bullying - What Can Parents Do to Help?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] An article on how parents can inadvertently make bullying worse for their children by jumping in and "rescuing" them. Offers parenting tips to help a child who is experiencing bullying at school. Accompanied by a related video.
- Toddler Tantrums - How to Deal With a Childs's Tantrums in Public
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] A short article to address the issue of young children's emotional behaviour in public spaces. Parents are given tips to help them decide how best to handle their child's disruptive behavior, both when at home and out in public.
- You Are the Perfect Parent For Your Kids
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Some common fears lurking within most of us parents are "we're a bad parent" or "we're not a good enough parent" or "we're doing something wrong" as a parent. Like all beliefs, these fears tend to stop us from engaging with our kids in a confident and competent way, which in turn creates experiences that affirms our fears that we're not truly cut out for the job. So what do we do with these limiting beliefs?
- Taking the Time to Help Our Children Work Things Out
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It's easy when we're trying to do too many things at once to become frustrated with our Children's lack of focus and commitment. In reality it's our own lack of focus as parents that is the main contributing factor. If we spend time with our kids to help them work things out we can empower them to become more independent.
- How Can I Love My Kids When They Drive Me Crazy?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] How can we love our kids when life gets stressful? Whenever our parenting experience becomes stressful there is usually only two actions that are required to turn our situation around. The first is to raise our level of love and acceptance of our selves as parents and our kids. The second is to raise our standards in terms of what we are asking of our children and teens, as well as raising our standards as parents with respect to holding our children accountable.
- If You Love Your Kids - Just Say No
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] One of the greatest gifts we can give and receive in our lives is a straight "no". With kids these days they have access to almost anything at the flip of a switch or the shine of a screen. But how much is too much and what happens when we are afraid of refusing our kids what they want? This article offers tips to help parents gain control of their parenting experience and ultimately raise healthier, stronger kids.
- I Don't Love My Partner! Keys to Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams
[Relationships:Enhancement] Are you in an unsatisfying relationship with your partner? Do you feel that it has lost the magic it once had? What if you could change all that with a few simple steps. Your partner doesn't even have to read this article for you to have the relationship of your dreams. The relationship tips we offer can open up communication between you and your partner and begin to bring the love back into your relationship, in a few short moments.
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