Last night I ran a mini Positive Discipline workshop for the local moms club. And one of the first things I did was ask the moms to make a list of their biggest parenting challenges. You know, real button-pushing behaviors. 90% of the moms in attendance had kids who were 4 years old or younger. […]
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When will they do it? When they are ready.
I went to a(nother) birthday party today. This time it was a party for one of Number 7’s friends at one of those gymnastic-y places. It had a trampoline and a zip line and a foam block pit and a bounce house and all that kind of stuff. The last time I had been to […]
What’s your blankie style?
You know your kid does it. That weird thing with his blankie. Or lovey. Or whatever you call it. And after years of observation, I have concluded there are 8 major blankie styles. 1) The Rubber This child has a particular spot on her blankie that she rubs between her thumb and pointer finger. There […]
In The Blink Of An Eye
Sometimes I can’t wait for the kids to grow out of certain phases. Like the highchair phase. I’ve had a highchair in my kitchen for 7 years straight. I threw the seat cover away about 1 1/2 kids ago; it had turned into more of a petri dish than a cover. Rather than keeping it […]