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Mommy, You Don’t Love Me As Much As You Did Yesterday.

December 18, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last night when I walked upstairs to put Number 5, 6 and 7 into bed (they all share a room) around 8:15, I realized they hadn’t done what I’d asked them to do earlier that day. All three of them had clothes lying around on the floor, and Number 7’s dresser in particular was a […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: connecting with your kids, connection before correction, kind and firm, kindness

Connection Before Correction

September 10, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

One of the biggest lessons I have learned as a Positive Discipline educator is that belonging and significance are the primary goals of children. One of the biggest lessons I have learned as a parent is that I am not connecting with my children as much as I would like to in order to create […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: belonging, choices, connection before correction, consequences, kids, positive discipline

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