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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 conversation on the phone with a friend. All I could hear was “BLUE CRAYON MAMA! BLUE CRAYON!” My little one was just 22 months old and excited to have figured out the color blue. I… Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
10 Helpful Strategies for Parenting Super High Energy Kids
So how to handle over-wound, exuberant, annoying behaviors in a positive way? Everyone has their own personality and style. Embrace your child for who they are, that kind of acceptance alone will help you see that their behaviors are often just an expression of who they are and how they approach the world, not things done to annoy you. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
Why Children Misbehave Again and Again – And How to Stop It without Yelling
Inside: Why young children misbehave even when you tell them not to do something. Learn what you can do to discipline in a positive way that helps children behave better. It was mid morning at playgroup and tension was rising between Theo and his mother. There was a phone, perfectly placed on the edge of… Continue Reading
40 Questions That Get Kids Talking
The best questions to get kids to talk and open up about their life One great way to encourage children to open up is to make a habit of cherishing daily conversations with your child. Conversations build connection. When children feel connected to their parent, they are more likely to feel well and be cooperative. Why should… Continue Reading
Clingy Toddlers are Not Spoiled Here is How to Handle This Very Normal Childhood Phase
Toddler brains are just not mature enough to really know safe from unsafe just yet. Not even at age three or five are children’s brains fully mature enough to really respond well to distress, real or imagined. Clingy toddlers, don’t cling forever. When reassured, loved, and cared for in this stage, toddlers may blossom into confident, capable, happy children. Continue Reading
3 Examples of Positive Parenting in Practice
Positive Parenting tools can help you prevent power struggles and encourage your child to be cooperative. Do you like the idea of positive parenting but not sure how to put into practice in every day interactions? Here are some positive parenting examples: Like most families, in my home there are moments that are challenging. Sometimes… Continue Reading
Obedience Vs. Cooperation: How to Transform Your Communication and Discipline Style
Obedience and cooperation are not the same thing, and particularly when it comes to raising resilient, happy children the difference between the two matters. A cooperative discipline style encourages children to feel competent and loved. There are small but effective changes you can make in how you speak to your child that will encourage more… Continue Reading