Today’s Parenting Tip:

Decide:    You can teach your child what is “enough.”

Practice:    When you offer your child food today, ask him to check in with his tummy and tell you how much or how many he “needs.”  Don’t ask how much or how many he “wants;” that’s a different matter all together.  Give him just what he says he needs – no more and no less.  If he returns wanting more, tell him he has had “enough” for now.

See tomorrow’s Daily Parenting Tip (8-12-13) for more on teaching about “enough.”

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Today’s Decide and Practice daily parenting tip was inspired by our featured picture book, KATIE AND THE PUPPY NEXT DOOR.  Read the book to a child in your life each day as a reminder of what you are deciding and practicing that day.

Come back each day for another good parenting decision and how to practice it. (Each day’s activity will also be posted on Daily Parenting Tips page for easy access.)

Read the whole story at Kids and Sharing pt 2.