How To Deal With Your Chid’s Attitude Without Feeling Like Flipping Your Lid
We were all kids once, and we all had attitudes that our parents hated. Now we are parents and we often think “oh no, I have a mini me, now I know why my parents…
Positive Parenting
Parenting Strong-willed kids: encouraging cooperation without breaking their will
The power struggles are the most annoying part of having a strong-willed child. It’s almost like they fight you with every single thing every single day. You will say the sky is blue and they…
If I Can’t Punish. Then How Do I Get My Kids To Listen?
It makes sense why we so quickly resort to punishment. We all have grown up with punishment as a child. And now we are parents and we practice what we have learned. We often have…
Natural consequences: What are they and how to use them
How can we set boundaries but still have them experience natural consequences? How are we even supposed to set boundaries without letting our over-parenting takeover or even our underparenting take over? Am I saying we…
Secure Attachment: Our triggers and our child’s safety
What is child attachment Attachment is the relationship that the child has with their primary caregiver that is involved with making the child feel safe, secure, and protected, a source of comfort. It’s important to…
Parenting Triggers: How our fears and thoughts show up in our parenting
Parenting is effing hard, isn’t it? I’m not talking about dealing with our kid’s behaviors because honestly once we change our mindset about their behaviors it’s so much easier to deal with (it’s simple but…
How to communicate with kids so they actually hear you
Do you struggle with your child not listening to you or even caring about what you are saying? They are watching their tablet and you’re talking and they completely ignore you. Or you’re talking to…
How to set boundaries so they stick
It’s time for you child to end his screen time and they start to say “no! I don’t want to turn it off.” You say. ” It’s time to turn it off. If you don’t…
5 Key Ways To Build Your Child’s Confidence At Any Age
One of our goals as parents is to build confidence in our child. Let them know within themselves that they can be anything that they want to be. Don’t be shy or ashamed of who…
How to get your child to stop lying
Does your child look right into your eyes and lie to you, and you can totally tell they are lying? If you’re a parent I’m sure the answer is yes. Yep, we have all been…