Behavior in Kids - Free Parenting Help

Helpful tips to teach your kids tolerance.

Help children improve negative behavior patterns before they become social outcasts.

Ways parent can help children fight negative peer pressure by building good self-esteem and tips how to say no.

The role of books in learning tolerance.

6 tips for teaching your children responsibility.

Ways to teach your child tolerance and interest in other cultures.

Understand why some students are silent in class and how to encourage them to speak up.

How children develop self-esteem and its importance in their lives.

Tips on helping your child develop good self-esteem.

Unsupervised children are at increased risk for violence, drugs, and sexual activity.

Learn to use the "Nurture and Control" approach to lead your children in getting along with others.

Learn why conflicts help children learn social skills.

Tips to encourage positive behavior.

Confidence builders you can do at home.

Is your child's behavior out of control? Tufts University's Family Web Guide connects you with five top-rated sites featuring information on dealing with behavior issues.

Learn what makes kids unpopular and how to change negative behavior before it's too late.

Good self-esteem is as important as good nutrition, good health, and more important than making good grades.

Understand why you can't give your child good self-esteem.

Tips for teaching responsibility to kids.

In this Tips for Parents, learn what racism is, how it occurs in everyday life, how to teach kids about the harms of racism, and how to encourage respect for all people.

Prejudice can lead to intolerance and hurtful behavior, so it’s a good idea to educate yourself about how prejudices form.

Signs and symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a mental disorder that makes a child have obsessive thoughts about germs, cleanliness, safety or school success.  These thoughts often cause them to do compulsive, ritualistic behaviors such as hand washing, checking doors or appliances, or saying particular phrases or questions over and over.

Tips to help you build your child's confidence.

How to encourage the behavior you want, and discourage the behavior you don't want.

Tips to end the arguing and get them to play nice.

This site is dedicated to providing parents with the resources they need to talk to kids about anything:  sex, violence, drugs, and more.  Features 10 useful tips, free booklets, and links to other sites.

"Welcome to the Stop Bullying Now! Campaign. You can learn all about bullying and what you can do to stop it. Take a look around and you’ll find games and cartoon Webisodes that help you Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!"

Sibling Rivalry may be inevitable, but there are still ways to get our kids to show a little respect for one another.

“101 Tips for Improving Children’s Behavior.”  Features 101 articles with titles such as “9 Ways to Positively Cope with Difficult Behavior,” “Surviving the Break-Up (separation and divorce),"  “Bedwetting,” and “I Caught them Playing Doctor.”

With information about laws pertaining to Caifornia kids on these topics: gangs, school rules, parents' rights, smoking, graffiti, working, driving, fighting, alcohol, age of majority, truancy and more.  Funded by the California Bar.

HandInHand.org offers free parenting podcasts on topics such as bonding with your new baby, support for new dads, recovering from a difficult birth, and helping your baby with colic.  The site also has a number of parenting articles that focus on developing a stronger emotional connection with you child and developing a better family life as a result.

An on-line short course on anger in parent-child relationships from Kansas State University. 

From the US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Service Administration, this guide lists the characteristics of children who bully and helps parents deal with a child who bullies.

How to encourage positive behavior, tips for using "time out" and stopping misbehavior.

Anger Management tools for kids, parents, couples, and more.  Kid-friendly  videos and articles, and detailed information for parents.