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What To Do When Your Partner Isn’t A Peaceful Parent
It’s the end of the day and the whole family is exhausted. You and your partner just want your kids to GO TO BED so that you can get on with your...
Fostering Independence
We all want our kids to be independent. How do we raise independent kids? As with most things parenting, our children’s independence is both nature...
How to Navigate Rude Talk or Backtalk
Any of this sound familiar? Your four-year-old is upset that you won't let them pour all the shampoo in the bathtub. They get really, really angry...
Why You Need To Use Empathic Limits
Have you ever had to correct your child and they immediately started blaming themselves? “I’m so stupid!” “I never do anything right!” Or maybe...
They’re Doing the Best They Can
We almost always assume that a child’s natural state is to be uncooperative and difficult and to get away with as much mischief and trouble as...
Teach Your Child To Apologize (Peacefully)
When we try to make our child apologize, we have to ask ourselves why and what they learn from that. Of course we want the wronged person to feel...
The Train Wreck That Might Be Your Kids Right Now
Are you struggling with the kids more than usual lately? Maybe when you go to wake your kiddo up for school they announce, “It’s not very sunny...
COVID Doesn’t Have to Cancel Holiday Joy
Wondering how to celebrate the holidays this year when COVID has made so much impossible? This year we need to give ourselves space to mourn what...
When Kids Just Want More Stuff at the Holidays
As parents we want our kids to feel the magic of the season and the spirit of giving but they just want MORE STUFF! And when they get the stuff?...
Parenting Reflections
bite-sized thoughts to help you on this journey
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