How To Transform Criticism And Bring Out the Best in Your Child
The best praise is focused on your child’s effort, not your child’s traits. The same is true of criticism. In […]
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Children Are Wired For Empathy And Insisting On Apologies Is Not Necessary
Knowing how to make amends is a very valuable life skill. As children grow they have many opportunities to apologize
What To Do When Consequences Don’t Work
Three Parenting Strategies To Try when Consequences Stop Working and your Child is Misbehaving Does this scenario feel familiar? It’s
What is the Difference between Praise and Encouragement?
focusing on their abilities/strengths/qualities–things you want to encourage for they help our children become more confident, feel more capable, able to take risks, to rally from mistakes, to move through struggle. To know “I can really use my brain” sets a child up to work through a tough homework problem in an empowering way. Hearing “You are so smart!” can leave a child at a loss when they don’t do well on a test, or when they can’t figure out a problem. Using “You CAN be” instead of “You ARE…” gives a child the chance to be something else. Empowering!
Positive Parenting: Better Behavior Without Punishment Is Possible
Inside: Using positive parenting makes it possible to encourage better behavior without resorting to punishment and yelling. A few years
When your Child Says: I Hate You!
Responding calmly to “I hate you” isn’t always easy but that in that moment, our children really need us to be sensitive, compassionate, loving and empathetic.
Simple Steps To Help Your Child Stop Interrupting
How to stop a child interrupting using positive parenting I remember just a few years ago, trying to have a
Three Important Steps To Take After Yelling At Your Kids
Even if we can’t parent in the most nurturing ways all the time, the more often we can, the more our children get what they need, the better they will be able to weather the times when we parent in less nurturing ways. Learning to recover when we make a mistake really does help restore connection, models really important skills to our children and helps things shift back into the positive. It takes just 3 steps towards restoring connection.
One of The Most Wonderful Gifts You Can Give Your Child
When our kids are messing up or misbehaving, it’s so easy to slip into responses that are just the opposite of encouraging. Unlike praise, you can give encouragement any time at all, even when your child is failing, and that is often when they need it most.
The Very Important Reason Children Need To Learn To Stand Up To Bullies
The stronger your relationship with your child the more your child will feel well, secure and capable of facing daily challenges. Treating children with respect when setting limits is part of an effective parenting strategy. So is listening attentively and focusing on emotion coaching and problem solving instead of trying to win power struggles and impose consequences.