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Because Nobody Wins In A Power Struggle

August 19, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Number 6 is currently my most challenging child. He is defiant, and he says no, and in a power struggle, he often comes out on top. It’s easy to get sucked into a power struggle without realizing it’s even happened. It took a number of them over the last couple days to snap me out […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: curiosity questions, positive discipline, power struggles

Three Things You May Be Doing As A Parent That Are Making Your Life More Difficult

February 13, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are anything like me, and if your kids are anything like mine, you may be presented with multiple situations every day where you are feeling exasperated. You are nagging and repeating and yelling, your kids aren’t listening, you don’t know why the f*ck they won’t just do what you tell them to do, […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: brush your teeth, curiosity questions, limited choices for children, nagging, positive discipline, responsibility, shoes, telling

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