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How to Deal with Back Talk from Your Kids Don’t you dare talk to me that way! When a child is being verbally disrespectful, or as we called it in our home, emotional biting someone, a parent’s defensive wall goes up and she screams right back! Most parents who are having loud, ugly words screamed at them would react. The question is “is there another option?” Yes, there is. Read the full article |
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3 Reasons Why You Should Change Your Parenting Skills Everywhere you look these days you’ll find information, articles and blogs talking about parenting, it’s a very hot topic! One thing that rarely gets addressed is why it’s important to change your parenting skills. Why bother? |
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Limit Setting: Creating a Play Outside Childhood—in an Electronic World Every kid begs for video games. Parents hear the plea over and over again until they’re so worn down they knuckle under and buy one. Now Mom and Dad face their worst fear, junior sits down and won’t get up. And when he does, he’s aggressive and screams, “But the game isn’t finished!” At that point all parents wonder, “What have I done?!” Read the full article |
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What to Tell Your Kids When They Ask if Santa's Real Santa is everywhere you look during the holiday season, and that can be confusing for children. Seeing so many Santas inevitably brings up the question, “Is Santa real? And if Santa is real, which Santa is real?” No parent wants to lie to his or her child. And no parent wants to burst the magical bubble that makes the holiday season so precious. |
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How to Get Through Holiday Prep Without Yelling at Your Kids When you’re preparing for a major holiday it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all there is to do, and when that happens you can easily lose patience with your little ones. Then the guilt sets in and you think, “How could I yell like that, this holiday is about bring joy and love to all, especially to my kids!” Read the full article |
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It’s all about you: Checklist to Stay Sane During the Holidays Can you believe it’s the end of the year? Most moms are exhausted at this point in the year and still and have to find the energy for the big holiday push. |
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5 Way to Stay Sane While You Prepare for the Holidays After Thanksgiving it seems like the web goes into hyper-drive sending everyone the same message, make it the best holiday season you can! |
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The Key to Building Your Child's Self Esteem Have you ever experienced a child who’s afraid to try, or gives up mid-way through an activity, or a child who must always win? How about a child who lowers their head when corrected? Each one of those children has the same issue: low self-esteem.
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What to Do When Your Child Resists Discipline Last week I wrote about the difference between reacting and responding, and reading about a parenting technique versus applying one. |
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4 Parenting Mistakes That Zap Your Energy We all have huge daily to-do-lists. Is it possible to get it all done? |
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A Gift of Sorrow Have you read Notes From a Dragon Mom in the NY Times yet? |
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Potty Training and Parent Pie A lot of parents express that they’re at their wits’ end with potty training. They say they have tried everything from rewards and charts, to stickers, bribes and positive reinforcement, and NOTHING has worked! |
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How to Make Your Child's Doctor and Hospital Visits Easier Going to the hospital for any reason or even just going to the doctor for routine vaccinations — isn’t fun for a child. The experience is filled with many things — lack of power, a shortage of choices, pain, fear, strange people and strange experiences. Your child will be looking at how you react in order to gain the answers to the unasked questions she has. Read the full article |
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Why So Many Parents Have Short Fuses For me, this summer was all about traveling and moving. Everywhere I went I saw children playing, misbehaving and being corrected by their parents. It didn’t matter if I was in an airport or a rest stop, by the ocean or a river; parents were correcting their children. Normal, right? Read the full article |
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Rude Kids: Getting Better Behavior through Silence Today is Tall, my eldest’s birthday. Every year I reflect on who he was as a little boy, and who he’s become since going through those early, intense years. I was being wistful about being the parent of an adult, sniff, sniff, until I remembered the later years. Read the full article |
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Stop, Look, Ask: 3 Tools for Raising Confident Kids This week as I was searching for a topic to write about, I was reminded of a painful childhood experience. Keep reading; this story will help your parenting, I promise. There are times when an adult experiences a situation that triggers a feeling buried so deep, it actually feels like a ghost from their past. Read the full article |
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The 3 Secret Benefits of Family Mealtimes How important is it really for a family to eat dinner together? |
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Instincts We All Have Them Let me ask you a question, why is okay for women to participate in male bashing, but it’s totally offensive for men to participate in female bashing? Yes, I’m fully aware that women have been oppressed for centuries. Does that fact mean it’s our turn to trash men? Read the full article |
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Moms Are You Getting What You Need? Recently 200 moms told me that they felt like they weren’t getting what they needed. They said, “I love my child, but I have no patience, I feel isolated and I’m afraid it will be like this forever. Oh and I think the women’s movement has failed! |
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Control: Yours, Mine and Ours When a child has an outburst, tantrum, or feels misunderstood, big feelings appear. When that happens a parent can feel like all eyes are on her and her child. Feelings are messy, loud, and take time to flesh out and resolve. Most parents go right into “control” mode when their child is having an outburst or big feelings. Read the full article |
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Last night as I was watching one of my favorite shows, it shall remain nameless to protect the innocent, one of the characters was introducing his 6 year-old son to his date and her family. Let me set the scene. Read the full article → |
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Yelling: A Tank full of Attention Every parent wants to head to the hills after a full day of yelling. Parents doubt themselves, their skills, and begin to wonder if their child can cooperate? Before you pack your bags, let me share one possible reason why you’re being forced to yell, and suggest a way to change things. Read the full article → |
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How to Turn a Mistake into a Lesson When a child makes a “big” mistake most parents really want to make sure their child understands the gravity of the situation, and rightfully so. Read the full article → |
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Forgiveness: Touches 3 Generation When I write, I keep a small painting of a mother holding a baby on my desk so I’m reminded to remain focused on love. Staying focused on love can be tough, kids do things and parents get mad. When anger and reactions happen, love can feel very far away. Read the full article → |
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I think parents are stressed and just plain worn out! Many, especially in this economy, are working hard, feeling stressed, and can’t make adjustments to how many hours a week they work. They arrive home frustrated, angry, sad and tired. They wonder, “What happened to the life… Read the full article → |
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Timeout: A Few Changes Makes it Work Every day, no matter where I am I hear parents say, “Stop it now or get a timeout!” After 18 years of teaching parenting and raising two kids, in my opinion, timeout as it’s being used now, doesn’t work well for young children ages 1–5. (This article doesn’t apply to safety issues-that’s a whole other topic.) Read the full article → |
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I Taught the Kids Not to Listen??? Sometimes I when I’m out and about I will see the same scenario unfolding again and again. I take it as a clue that it might be a good article. This week I saw parents warning until they were blue in the face and the children still didn’t listen. Read the full article → |
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Arguing can happen anywhere, anytime, and at any age. Children want what they want. They start by demanding what they want and when mom says NO, they argue. Mom gets more intense hoping it will stop the arguing. The child, on the other hand, speaks faster and gets louder to try and get their request in under the wire. Mom reaches the end of her rope and yells, “Stop it right now!” but the arguing and negotiating continues. A power struggle is in full swing. Read the full article → |
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I hear parents yelling at their kids everywhere I go. I’ll bet you do too. I also hear children yelling back at their parents. It’s a pretty common problem. I know that parents are embarrassed when they realize that someone has heard their child yelling at them. I also know that the parents feel helpless to do anything about it. It’s such a common problem that I wasn’t shocked when I heard NPR do an interview today titled, “Yelling, is it the new spanking?” Read the full article → |
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What to Do When Discipline Methods Stop Working Recently I’ve shifted the way I look at things. As a result, I’m seeing the world through what feels like fresh eyes. My understanding of many things and how people relate to each other has changed. Has that ever happened to you? Read the full article → |
