Dealing with toddler meltdowns? Do they want you to take the steering wheel off of your car and hand it… Read more Toddler Conflict Resolution Tool: Give in Fantasy What You Can’t Give in Reality
Category: Positive Discipline
Three Ways that Understanding Child Development Milestones can Help You Stay Patient
When I asked people how the work on childhood developmental milestones that I’ve been doing helped them, the #1 answer… Read more Three Ways that Understanding Child Development Milestones can Help You Stay Patient
Finding Bullies for my Homeschooled Children for Their Education
Whenever I bring up homeschooling to people opposed to it, the #1 argument I get is that my children will… Read more Finding Bullies for my Homeschooled Children for Their Education
Healthy Emotional Management
What is emotional health is something that is difficult to pin down. I read countless books on parenting and emotions… Read more Healthy Emotional Management
A Morning in the Life of a Positive Discipline Parent
It’s a new year! As I write this, it’s my first day back, full time and as sole caregiver, at… Read more A Morning in the Life of a Positive Discipline Parent
Takeaways from Shefali Tsabary’s “The Awakened Family”
I found Shelafi Tsabary’s The Awakened Family to be an enjoyable read, which gave me several insights into myself as… Read more Takeaways from Shefali Tsabary’s “The Awakened Family”
Rules- vs Negotiation-Based Approaches to Sibling Rivalry
I saw a facebook meme floating around some time ago that said, “When you have 1 kid, you become a… Read more Rules- vs Negotiation-Based Approaches to Sibling Rivalry
Response to children’s “Vitamin N [No]” Defeciency: Parents’ EQ (Emotional Intelligence) Defeciency
There is an article floating around about a “Vitamin N Deficiency” in children. Vitamin N is the word “No.” Millions… Read more Response to children’s “Vitamin N [No]” Defeciency: Parents’ EQ (Emotional Intelligence) Defeciency
Young Sibling Rivalry: Forget “Fair”
In Part I about young sibling rivalry, Young Sibling Rivalry: What is Fair, I described the one rule we have… Read more Young Sibling Rivalry: Forget “Fair”
Young Sibling Rivalry: What is Fair
Dealing with conflict among young siblings is a difficult parenting struggle. Most books on the market discuss how to resolve… Read more Young Sibling Rivalry: What is Fair