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 […]
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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 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
Positive Parenting: Why Keeping Our Limits When Children Become Upset is Important
When we let go of punitive parenting and authority over the child style of parenting, setting a limit with kindness and consistency and then actually holding it may at first feel similar to punishing or being authoritarian. With time and practice though, it is possible to be confident, calm and consistent in a way that conveys that the limits are about creating safety, building trust and guidance.
Positive Parenting: Rethinking “You Have To Share That!”
Sharing requires understanding of another person’s feelings and desires. Sharing is about being creative with another as you use something together, it is about being compassionate and giving, it is about being respectful. How do our young one’s grow into the sharing mode? By our understanding of THEIR feelings and desires, our compassion, our giving, our being respectful of them. It also begins with complete ownership over something.
The Words to Say When Children are Disappointed
Finding the right words when children are disappointed isn’t always easy. I’ve learned over the years that although it is hard to
Rivalry to Harmony: Promoting Peace Among Siblings (Part 1)
Sharing, holding hands, helping tie shoes, siblings can share a lifelong bond of trust, love and friendship. They can also have many
Positive Parenting: Siblings & Teasing
Siblings teasing can be a huge source of annoyance and conflict for the whole family. If you find yourself wishing
Positive Parenting: What it Takes to Set a Limit with Kindness
Setting limits can be done in a kind, firm and non threatening manner. The thing is, sometimes it can be
6 Fun Ways to Encourage Reading & Writing
Once children begin reading and writing on their own, it can seem like a whole new world opens up to