Peaceful parenting, Peaceful Parenting Mantras
Are your patience levels currently at ‘little to none’? Are you exhausted? Are you yelling more than you’d like to? You are not alone. Most of us are experiencing a lot of stress right now due to the pandemic. We’ve got kids and partners at...
Parenting Hacks, Peaceful parenting
If you are like most busy parents, you might feel like you are just moving through the schedule every day. You get up, get everyone out the door, come home, dinner, bath, bed. Rinse and repeat. What happened to the fun? And the nagging! Yuck. Do you want to make...
Ask Sarah, Peaceful parenting
THE QUESTION My 14-year-old son is in Grade 9 and he has so much more homework than he ever has before. Every day is a battle to get him to do it. He’s doing well in school, but I am so tired of fighting with him about it. THE ANSWER I think that almost every parent...
Ask Sarah, Peaceful parenting
THE QUESTION It’s winter and it’s freezing out there. But my seven-year-old refuses to wear his snow pants. I’ve tried empathy. I’ve tried sweet-talking him. Nothing seems to work. Can you help? THE ANSWER You’re not going to like my short answer. Don’t make him wear...
Peaceful parenting, Peaceful Parenting Mantras
“Welcome All Feelings.” This is such a wonderful peaceful parenting mantra- for us and for our children. Remind yourself when you are feeling uncomfortable or upset. Remind yourself when your child is crying or having a meltdown. When we welcome and allow...
