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How to Get Your Toddler to Listen – 3 Best Tips to Use

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Toddlers can really be quite a handful. Their development in this stage of life is pretty rapid which makes it amazing to watch and exhausting to keep up with. At this age, children’s physical growth and cognitive development make them naturally curious about their immediate environment. Kids tend to get hold of objects and use their senses to explore, yes, this includes putting almost everything inside their mouths. And there is also a typical explosion in their emerging language skills: they tend to echo and copy words they hear often.
The combination of these changes in toddlers sometimes make them appear unruly and for lack of better words—naughty. It just seems like they’re all over the place and they won’t pay attention! Most parents would agree that there is such a truth to the term “terrible twos” for this age group. How to get your toddler to listen is a topic most parents encounter.

Talking to your kids effectively means the combination of two things: getting them to pay attention to you and getting them to respond to what it is you are trying to put across.  Getting your little one to obey your instruction is a challenge because they tend to be egocentric and want things their way. Before we talk about some tips, you have to keep in mind that kids are not little adults. What works for grown-ups will not work for them.  Dealing with children entails ample patience and respect for their individual differences.

3 Tips on How To Get Your Toddler To Listen:

1. Establish a routine
Children respond better when they know what will happen next. Simply put, kids do not like uncertainty. They want to feel secure about their environment. The reason why children work well in preschools is that these places have a set of routines the children follow; they have time for play, eating, drawing and more. Your child’s routine at home doesn’t have to be complex or to mimic that of a school. A simple list of what happens at home will suffice like ‘bath comes after breakfast’ ,‘tv time is only for 20 minutes’ or ‘two stories before sleep time’. Establishing a routine at home doesn’t just give your child security, it also teaches reading directions such as verbal and non-verbal cues. Once your child gets used to a routine, talking to your toddler would be easier since you wouldn’t have to go through the trouble of explaining why things have to be done or why rules exist.

2. Do not use baby talk
Your toddler may be young but he or she is able to distinguish sounds well. Your child needs to be able to tell by the tone of your voice when you are asserting authority, when you are giving praise or whatever mood it is you are in. Using baby talk with young children will not work because to them, high pitched, sing-song voice will always mean happy. You will get their attention but you will not get them to follow you later on.

3. Respond to their needs
Responding to children’s needs isn’t about smothering them with attention. It means giving them what they need when they ask for it, most preferably, when they ask for it verbally and nicely. Why is this important? Responding to children’s needs gives them the sense of trust in you and a respect for you–that you are a person to look up to and listen to.

How to get your toddler to listen is a challenge at first, but once your child knows how you manage things at the home, it’ll be much easier. Of course, it has to be emphasized that for these tips to work you need firmness and consistency, yes, firmness and consistency even if your little one makes your heart melt or wraps you around her finger with a single look. After all, it is up to us, parents and grown-ups to nourish and guide them and that begins with getting them to really listen.

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What Does It Take to Start a Wedding Business – 3 Pillars that Determine Your Success

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Starting a wedding planner business takes more effort than just your starting money. One has to be extra patient and sociable to be successful in the wedding business. Wedding consultants or wedding planners deal with people from planning to event proper and down to post event, thus, being approachable and amicable is a must in wedding planners.So what does it take to start a wedding business?

Here are 3 pillars that determine your success:

1. Connections
Ask yourself “What do you need for a wedding?” and start listing them down. The essentials typically include: venue, flowers, music, car, gowns and suits, make-up, photography and food.
Next is to think about people that you know who own businesses or work for companies which cater to those essentials– Do you have a florist friend? Is there are reliable car rental in your area? Having a set of contacts on hand is better than starting from scratch (i.e. with a phone directory or searching for information online).
The difference lies in the reliability and level of trust you have in these contacts or connections to be your suppliers for starting a wedding planning business. It would be one less thing to worry about if you know you’ve known your supplier’s work ethics (i.e. you’ve worked with them in the past or they are personal friends) and you know they can deliver the result that you’ll need.

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2. Being Organized
“What does it take to become a wedding planner?”
One of the top three answers would definitely be being organized. Wedding planners are hired to take the burden off the bride-to-be’s shoulders in taking care of a very important day in a woman’s life. Lists and calendars are the wedding planner’s bestfriend. Ideas from the bride-to-be and her passé, concepts from recent trends and input from your own personal research all have to be in well-organized lists. Color-code your lists, write important events (bookings, fitting, food tasting, etc) in your planner to make sure you have every tiny detail well thought of before, during and after the wedding ceremony.

3. Trusted Crew or Team
You need to also come up with a team of people you trust to help you out, especially on the wedding day itself. A smooth and hassle-free execution of the event lies in making sure you have more able bodies on the floor to keep your plans intact. It is simply logistically impossible to look at all angles by yourself and to be in too many places at once. Someone has to look at the bride’s side, another has to be assigned at the groom’s while others have to check the venues for ceremony, reception, etc. Having a team of individuals with specific tasks ensures that everything will be pristine and in place.

A wedding planning business is an exciting endeavour. In a way, it’s like working as a fairy godmother that makes a girl’s dream come true, only you get paid a lot of money! Once you pull off one spectacular wedding, you can expect that client to rave about your work and recommend you to her network. And that could be the start of a great business for you! What else does it take to start a wedding business? It also takes determination, persistence and a lot of creative ideas.

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How to Deal with Argumentative Teenagers

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As a parent of 2 young children, I can understand how frustrated one feels when facing challenges on parenting and don’t know who else to talk to… Hope the following tips help.

Does the statement “My child used to be a sweet angel and now he’s turned into a hideous monster!” ring any bells? Or does “It used to be so easy to get my children to communicate until they turned into teenagers; they’re like aliens now, speaking a different language.” pull any heartstrings?
How to deal with argumentative teenagers starts with identifying the root cause of certain behaviours.
Confused and rebellious are two words usually associated with teens. Puberty brings out the best and worst in teenagers. The physiological changes they experience, together with the demands of school, home and peers create an emotional turmoil within them.

Here are a few tips for parents dealing with teenagers:

1. Recognize the changes
Teens sometimes become argumentative as a sign of asserting independence. You have to come to terms with the fact that your ‘children’ are no longer little kids—they are teenagers. And that means there are a lot of things that have to change as part of them growing up. For instance, you can’t expect them to stick around the house as much as they did as little kids because they are already forming their own peer groups. Also, you can’t simply shove instructions and expect them to follow without putting up a fight.

2. Respect their new set of needs
Dealing with teenager behaviour means recognizing, understanding and respecting their new set of needs. Teenagers tend to be argumentative and extra assertive when parents seem to take for granted that they have a need for privacy and more space for socialization. Respecting these needs doesn’t mean to let them go totally and have the “If that’s what you want then I don’t care” attitude. Parents need to shift their roles from being the protector and provider to being more of a support system—a guide and a friend should teens need help. Simply put, give your teens some breathing room to make their own choices and learn from their own mistakes.

3. Strike a compromise: Communication is key
Teenagers have a tendency to rebel because of two major things: one,  they feel smothered or pushed too much by their parents or two, their parents seem to not care about them at all. The fact that you’re reading this shows that you care enough and want to learn how to deal with teenage rebellion.

How to deal with argumentative teenagers is pretty much the same are dealing with rebellious teens. Rebellious just seems more extreme. Well, communication is key. Try your best to talk to your teen and NOT talk them down. Give them options that are favourable to both of you so you may strike compromise. If you can’t get your teen to do chores because of his extracurricular activities, offer a bargain. For instance you could say “You can attend band practice every Friday if you’ll be the one to walk our dog every Sunday morning.” It’s definitely better than “You can’t go have a band anymore. It’s ruining your life—you’re forgetting your responsibilities at home!”

Adolescence is a very challenging stage as it is. The best that parents can do to deal with argumentative teens is to provide an environment that allows them to grow in preparation to becoming responsible adults.

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How to Deal With Strong Willed Children – Top 4 Parenting Tips

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As a parent of 2 young children, I can understand how frustrated one feels when facing challenges on parenting and don’t know who else to talk to… Hope the following tips help.

Children’s behavior typically changes as they move along the different developmental stages. This is because their socioemotional maturity goes hand-in hand with the growth and development of their physical and cognitive aspects.
Dealing with children is challenging enough as it is; dealing with strong willed children is definitely a tougher thing to do. The age groups that are usually associated with the phrase “strong willed children” are toddlers (terrible twos) and teens.
How to deal with strong willed children consists of understanding power struggles with children and creating more proactive relationships with them in hopes of preventing rather than coping with despair that parents might end up feeling.

4 Parenting Tips and Advice on How to deal with strong willed children:

1. Understand the relationship between power and trust
As with all kinds of relationships, there is always interplay of power and trust. Power is possessed by both parents and children. The trouble is that most parents think that they are entitled to have the most of it and forget about the other side to having power: trust. See, children at a young age should be able to learn to trust their parents: as protectors, role models and guides. Children’s level of trust in parents essentially become lowered because of two things: parents asserting too much power and parents giving children too much power.
The latter creates assertive or strong willed children with habits and attitudes that are quite difficult to break. So point is, learn to strike a balance between trust and power so that your children will still listen to you and respect you even if they have a strong willed personality.

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2. Know about children’s developmental characteristics
There are widely accepted theories on children that talk about developmental characteristics. It is important to know these characteristics so that you, as a parent will have a realistic expectation of your children and thus, know better how to deal with them. For instance, you cannot expect a toddler to listen to you the way older children should—their attention span and responding skill are just enough for a two year old. Also, your teenager may be exhibiting strong willed behaviour which is typical of teens asserting independence.
Sometimes, parents just think it’s wrong because their children are acting differently. But that is because they are changing and sometimes it’s part of their normal process. That’s why I cannot stress the importance of knowing the facts enough.

3. Address the behavioral manifestations, not the person
Your teenager may seem rebellious or your toddler may seem to not pay attention or your children get into too much trouble in school. Before you overreact, ask yourself, does it really bother your that they are “misbehaving” or does it bother your more that their behaviours reflect on your parenting?
Talk to your children and explain to them that their actions are inappropriate. Ask them to reflect on better actions to do in future similar circumstances. Remember, they are human beings with feelings too. You may need to be stern (and consistent) to get your message across but be careful to attack the wrong doing not your child as a person.

4. Let your children participate in small decision making
Power struggles with toddlers, teens and children in other age groups exist because parents tend to take total control of their children’s lives. Parents sometimes forget that children can make small decisions on their own. As a part of being a good role model for respect and getting the trust of your children, letting them participate in small decisions at home (i.e. what to have for dinner, what to wear) gives them the feeling that their opinions are valued and their voices can be hear. With this in mind, your children’s strong willed character can be softened into a more positive and participative one.

The real challenge is to put the knowledge into practice and stay consistent with your action. You must also learn the 4 mistakes you shouldn’t make on how to deal with strong willed children.

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Why is it Important to Conduct a Marketing Breakeven Analysis?

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Conducting a regular marketing breakeven analysis is something that is important for both big businessmen and small entrepreneurs to do. This form of business accounting will show you how much you have to earn to offset all your operating costs; past this point, you will start making a profit. The benefits of conducting a break-even analysis is that it allows you to see the relationship between your production costs and your expenses as well as letting you play around with these figures to determine how changes in costs, prices and revenues will affect break-even points and profit levels. However, the limitation of break-even analysis is that it is best suited to analyzing a single product, as it is easier to determine all the relevant factors required.

The various elements of a marketing breakeven analysis computation are:

•    Fixed costs. Also known as overhead, these are normal expenses that do not change much from month to month. Examples include utilities, rent and insurance premiums.

•    Sales revenues. These represent the amount of income you earn from sales. To ensure the accuracy of your analysis you need realistic sales forecasts based on the actual volume of business you expect rather than estimates of how much you have to sell in order to make a profit.

•    Gross profit per product. This is the amount that remains after you have subtracted the production costs from the sale price. For example, if you have a product that is selling for $500 but it costs you $350 to produce, then your average profit per product is $150.

•    Gross profit percentage. This figure tells you how much of the sale price represents profit. To illustrate, using the above example, the average gross profit percentage of your product is 30 percent.

Using these figures, we can conduct a sample marketing breakeven analysis to determine what your break-even point is. Assuming that your fixed costs are $10,000 a month, divide it by your gross profit percentage or 0.3; this means that you must earn $33,333 a month just to break even. If your expected earnings are less than this, it means that you either have to lower costs or increase sales if you want your business to flourish.

For example, after conducting your marketing breakeven analysis you might decide that you need to find a supplier who will sell to you at cheaper prices, have to increase your prices or find some other way to reduce your costs.

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How to Choose the Best Liquid Vitamin Supplements Multi Level Marketing Business Opportunity

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A liquid vitamin supplements multi level marketing business is a great opportunity to make extra money in your spare time, and perhaps eventually, may even become a full-time career for you. Liquid vitamin supplements offer nutrients that you may not be getting in your regular diet in a form that many people find easier to take since the taste can be masked by combining it with other liquids. It is also easier to get children to take their daily dose of vitamins if they are in liquid form. Since there is a strong demand for liquid vitamins, it is not that hard to find customers to buy your products so you won’t have too hard a time launching your business and recruiting distributors.

How do you find the best liquid vitamin supplements multi level marketing opportunity? The first step is to investigate the opportunity very carefully. Note that a reputable MLM should not pay you commissions based on recruiting alone but more on the actual sale of products. If an MLM requires you to recruit more distributors in order to make more money or asks you to buy more inventory than you think you can sell, then you should be careful since it may be an illegitimate pyramid scheme.

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The next step in finding a good liquid vitamin supplements multi level marketing business is to look at their compensation plan. There are several types of compensation, including uni-level, binary and matrix plans. The most common MLM compensation is the uni-level plan, in which the distributor gets a commission from every distributor they have recruited in addition to their sales. As your individual and group sales increase, you gradually ascend to a higher level where you can earn higher commissions. This means that the distributor is encouraged to enroll more distributors so that they can increase their commissions and ascend to higher levels.

On the other hand, a binary plan requires distributors to recruit only two other distributors. The new recruits in turn must recruit two distributors of their own, and so on. This means that once you have fulfilled your recruitment requirement you will then focus your efforts on selling. A matrix plan also sets limits on the number of recruits you need to make but also allows you to earn commissions from the sales of recruits your distributors have enrolled, until the ‘matrix’ is filled. Consider which compensation plan your liquid vitamin supplements multi level marketing business opportunity offers to see if it is beneficial to you and reflects the way you feel most comfortable working.

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