As a general rule of thumb, if you have to think too hard about what to do to a child so that he learns a lesson, the logical consequence is most likely a punishment in disguise. To ensure that logical consequences don’t become punitive, first try to figure out what the natural consequence is. We can do this by taking ourselves out of the situation. “What would happen if I stepped out of this and let my child handle this problem?”
10 Playful Solutions For Morning & Evening Routines : Parents S.H.A.R.E
“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” -Diane Ackerman In this Parents S.H.A.R.E. post, our positive parenting community is sharing how they have used play as a parenting tool when faced with a variety of challenges during the morning and evening routines, from races to singing silly songs here are many fun ideas!!
Difficult Questions and Lies: 4 Reasons to Tell the Truth
While imagination, fantasy, play and magic in childhood is…magical… lying to avoid important conversations, setting a limit or explaining certain aspects about life can really be harmful to the parent child relationship. Here are four reasons to avoid lies and four reasons to strive to tell the truth:
10 Things You Can Do Everyday To Make Parenting Awesome
Things will get messy, loud, sticky, complicated and stressful.Choose love and building a relationship over proving you have power. Children learn so much when given a chance to fix their own mistakes.
Quick Tips for Positive Parenting Children Through Big Feelings & Out of Bounds Behaviors
Alice Hanscam, PCI Certified Parent Coach® is sharing some quick tips and ideas for staying positive when faced with big feelings like tantrums, name calling, aggression and some of the advantages of gentle guidance and changing our mindset from fixing to seeing opportunities for growth.
Boundaries: Building Block #9 For Positive Parenting
Boundaries or limits will often vary from family to family but when we set boundaries, it’s important to think about how those boundaries will protect or affect feelings, behaviors, thoughts and physical safety. Boundaries are supposed to provide security and guidance, not to make a child feel locked in and controlled.
8 Ideas for Creating A Peaceful Bed Time Routine for Young Children & Giveaway
Healthy sleep habits are such an important and vital part of healthy development for children, yet for many families, the bed time routine is a huge hassle. When children resist going to sleep, refuse to brush teeth, have a sudden inability to put on pajamas and start whining “I just can’t do it” and “I’m not going to sleep” it’s hard to stay calm. Here are 8 Ideas that may be helpful towards creating a more peaceful bed time routine for young children.
Fill Your Child’s Tool Box with Empathy and Compassion
Compassion is internally driven. Compassion should be the motivating factor in treating others well, in getting along, in working together. Our goal is not to get our children to blindly obey, but to help them to appreciate for themselves, the benefits of striving to share their world peacefully.
Flexibility: Building Block #8 for Positive Parenting
Consistency sometimes turns into rigidity and control.Will there be times when consistency is important? Absolutely, but being flexible does not take away your ability to be consistent. Positive parenting is flexible and amazing because you can be flexible and consistent. You can be consistently open to new ideas and re-evaluation, consistently kind, mindful and committed to parenting well!
What Should Your 3 Year Old Know? A Development List.
I am sure many parents have searched this topic before, what should my child know at age _fill in blank__? As a parent, you want to be reassured that they are on track and ticking off the necessary developments of childhood. How high should a 3-4 year old count to? There is no absolute answer;…
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