5-Year-Old Parenting Tools

Five-year-olds are learning so many new things, like making friends, understanding feelings, and starting school. These experiences can be exciting and sometimes a little scary. Children can begin to understand and take care of their mental health by talking about emotions and learning simple ways to feel better. Children between the ages of five and ten are experiencing lots of changes as they gr...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and helping your five-year-old develop their sharing, collaboration, turn-taking, and healthy friendship skills is a perfect opportunity.  Children ages five to ten are in the process of learning about themselves, their strengt...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing skills in reading is a great way to do it.  Reading is essential for your child’s success in school. Reading also plays a critical role in your child’s ●      social and emotional devel...

Five-year-olds must follow directions to succeed at home and school. Whether they are completing chores, following safety instructions, completing assignments, or showing their knowledge on tests, they must follow directions. Though telling your child to do something may seem simple enough, the process of a child listening and engaging in several steps given in an instruction necessitates several...

Trust is an essential foundation for healthy relationships. As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your five-year-old’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship and understand how to promote trust in your child. Lying represents an important milestone in your child’s thinking as they learn that others have different beliefs...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and helping your five-year-old learn to deal with tantrums provides a perfect opportunity.    Children ages five to ten are in the process of learning about their strong feelings. They do not understand the full-body...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, your influence is pivotal in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to foster a healthy parent-child relationship while instilling confidence in your child to persist toward their goals and succeed in all areas of life. Everyone faces challenges, yet mistakes and failures are necessary for your five-year-old’s learning and development. With you...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and setting up a daily homework routine provides a perfect opportunity.  Five to ten-year-olds are in the process of establishing critical learning habits, including how they approach homework, that will extend throughout their...

A Back Talk Age 5 Summary Why Back Talk? Arguing in family life is typical and expected. “Back talk” can be defined as “argumentative replies.”^1 Children can respond in anger, hurt, frustration, hurtful tones, or with hurtful words. Back talk also represents a power imbalance children are trying to rectify. To regain some power, children lash out with hurtful words. Power, after all, is a ba...

Why Listening? Your child’s success depends upon their ability to listen and understand what you and others are communicating. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while building essential listening skills in your child.   Tip:  These steps are done best when you and your child are not tired or in a rush.   Tip:  Intentional communication...

Why Anger? Research confirms that when young children learn to manage their feelings, their executive functions are simultaneously strengthened.1 They can better use self-control, problem-solve, and focus their attention. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship. Growing your child’s skills to manage anger provides a perfect opportunity.   Tip:  Th...

Why Examine Technology Use? Becoming intentional about your child’s daily technology use can influence how they develop a healthy relationship with technology and its role in their life. Looking for ways to experience and learn together about how to use devices wisely contributes to your child’s development.  Step 1: Get Input- Get Your Child Thinking by Getting Their Input   Writing dow...

Why Chores? Chores allow your child to contribute to maintaining and caring for your family’s household. Daily chores allow your child to learn and practice valuable skills like timeliness, work ethic, and responsibility.  Tip: These steps are done best when you and your child are not tired or in a rush.    Tip: Intentional communication and a healthy parenting relationship support...

Why Transform Disrespect? Five-year-olds seek independence and will naturally test limits and break rules. When they feel powerless and angry, they can lash out in ways that show disrespect for others. Though this is a normal part of their development and necessary for their learning, it can anger or worry a caring parent or someone in a parenting role. You can transform these moments into vital o...

Why Repairing Harm? Five-year-olds are working on understanding and applying rules in various situations. They are seeking independence and will naturally test limits and break rules. When they do, they require guidance on how to repair harm caused to a relationship or item. This is a normal part of their development and necessary for their learning. Research confirms that children are in the proc...

As a parent or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your five-year-old’s success. Helping your child learn to understand and deal with bullying behavior is important for their success in school and life. One in five children experiences bullying, which can come in the form of repeated name-calling, insults, rumors, taunting, social exclusion, or physical harm.^

As a parent or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while growing confidence in your child to work toward their goals and succeed in school and life.

As a parent or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing your child’s skills to manage conflict provides a perfect opportunity.

Children ages 5-10 are working on understanding rules and applying them in various situations. They are seeking independence and will naturally test limits and break rules. This is a normal part of their development and necessary for their learning. 

As a parent or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. Helping your child grow healthy friendships is important. Through relationships, your child develops a sense of belonging. They come to better understand themselves through their interactions with you, their teachers, and their peers. 

As a parent or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in helping your child develop empathy. Empathy is the way people effectively relate to one another. It’s the ability to perceive what others are feeling, process that information, and respond in a compassionate manner. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while growing your child’s capa...

Five-year-olds are working on understanding what it means to act responsibly. They are: ● working to understand the rules and apply them in various settings.  ● working on their independence.  ● increasingly taking care of their bodies (eating right, getting exercise). ● learning about relationships (managing their feelings and impulses, empathizing and working through conflict, being de...

Now is the right time to become more aware of the messages your child is receiving about alcohol, the impacts, and how you can shape the messages you send going forward to promote healthy choices. Though children are typically not tempted by peer pressure to drink alcohol until the ages of 11-14, they still receive messages and modeling throughout their childhood that will have a direct impact on...

Now is the right time to become more aware of the messages your child is receiving about cannabis, the impacts on your child, and how you can shape the messages you send going forward to promote healthy choices. Though children are typically not tempted by peer pressure to try cannabis until ages 15-19, they still receive messages and view modeling throughout their childhood that will have a direc...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and daily routines provide a perfect opportunity.