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...
Peaceful parenting, Peaceful Parenting Mantras
In peaceful parenting, we talk about ‘Choose love.’ When we are afraid of what other people will think or we are afraid that our children will never learn how to behave, we act from a place of fear. Fear sends us into a fight-flight-or-freeze reaction, and...
