Parents' Corner
Shannon is a licensed professional counselor and a national certified counselor and owner and clinical director of Tender Hearts Child Therapy Center in Cape Girardeau. He and several therapists at the center specialize in treating child and adolescent mental health issues in Southeast Missouri and work with parents using family therapy to develop parenting/discipline skills to deal with misbehavior and defiance. In his blog Shannon provides education on children's mental health topics and uses a question-and-answer forum for local parents to ask questions related to his field. For more information or to reach Shannon, visit www.tenderheartschildtherapycenter.com
Making Mistakes Part I
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 11:03 AM
In this post, I'd like to discuss strategies for parents to use when their children make mistakes. One of the many jobs parents have is to help their children learn from their mistakes and positively handle disappointments. Children need to learn that mistakes are not bad. Of course, parents must differentiate between mistakes that can be used as learning opportunities and those that could be harmful or dangerous for the child in some way...
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