The Most Helpful Parenting Articles of 2014
What was the most helpful parenting article you read in 2014? I couldn’t pick just one, so…. Here is a collection […]
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Meeting Misbehavior with Acceptance and Empathy
A toddler has a melt down at the store. Later, he takes a cookie without telling you and spits on the
Positive Parenting: How To Encourage Children to Follow Your Guidance
Skip time out and other hurtful “discipline” techniques: Children learn right from wrong, not because they were sent to the corner alone, but because they begin to understand expectations and situations, and because they have enough information that will ultimately help them make better decisions.
20 Ways To Really See the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
How to Mindfully Recharge your Parental Empathy Bank Parenting has the potential to deplete us of all energy and form,
Stop Yelling with These Two Parenting Tools
Driving back from the second day of school, my two boys started to tease each other and bicker. Determined
How to move your child from “I can’t” to “I’m capable”
The “I can’t” stage is a tough one. Parents often feel torn about how to handle these two words. Some
How to Stop Power Struggles
Power struggles between parents and children happen most often when the parents’ expectations and abilities of the child in that
Positive Parenting: How to Follow Through With Limits
Most parents have great intentions when they come up with limits and boundaries. Which rules to set and why they
When Children Test Limits and Don’t Accept Choices
Consider this. Your child chose C because it is his job. His job to practice being in charge of himself as often as possible. Her job to test you, to let you know HER preference, to state loud and clear “I am the boss of ME!” And your child is right. He IS the boss of himself, and as the boss, he gets to ultimately decide what choice he will make. This is truly evidence of just the kind of self-directed, independent soul you (most of the time) want to grow. Someone who is in charge of themselves.
Okay, but you still need to get out the door. To continue to support your child in their quest to be independent it is important to respect their choice. How does this look and still get out the door–maybe on time?
When a Parenting Tool is Not Working
Do you ever feel badly that a parenting tool everyone thinks is oh so great isn’t working for you? Or