Sweet World of Joan

I am very thankful that blogs were invented, since I started blogging April of 2006 new doors were opened, I had the opportunity to meet great and extraordinary people and I started to really get to know the real me, know my strengths and weakness and it enabled me to become a better person. One person I have gotten to know through blogging is Elizabeth Pantley , a parent, educator, a mom like me and an author of eight books for parents including the best-selling No-Cry Series: The No-Cry Sleep Solution, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers and The No-Cry Potty Training Solution. I was flattered when she e-mailed me and told me that she read my blog and it seems we share the same ideas on parenting. She asked me if I want to have a copy of her new book The No-Cry Discipline Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior without Whining, Tantrums and Tears and give my review on it, of course I agreed for I am really interested on what I can learn on parenting. I ta...

When I attended the Parent Orientation at my son’s school I learned a new word “ SUHAY ” it means sugo ng buhay or protector/guardian of life(my interpretation of sugo). The school director, Msgr. Alfonso Bugawan told the parents present how important is their role in their child’s life. He told us at as parents we are the “suhay” of our children. I would like to share the Acronym PARENTS that he had given. He says that it can guide us in bringing up our children. P – Presence As parents we should not say “we don’t have time” for our children. He said we should give our children the “gift of our presence” A – Accountability We must be a more transparent and accountable parents. When we make promises to our children we should not break them for they trust us fully as the first person they trusts we are also teaching them how to trust other people R – Reconciliation Give them understanding on the level as children. When we get angry they may not understan...