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If You Are Sick Of Having To Lose Your Sh*t Before Your Family Listens, Then Stop Losing Your Sh*t Before Your Family Listens

July 1, 2019 by not your average mom 3 Comments

The other day I saw a post floating around Facebook entitled I’m Sick Of Having To Lose My Shit Before My Family Listens. This caught my eye because, well, I would have said something similar years ago. But I’ve spent the past few years doing a lot of work on myself. And here is the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: Extreme Ownership, losing it, losing your shit on your kids, positive discipline, yelling at your kids

How To Introduce A Family Meeting To Your Family And Why It Benefits You And Your Kids

June 15, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Many elementary and preschool classrooms start their day with some form of a class meeting. They might call it circle time or morning meeting. Schools use these meetings to share information, establish classroom routines, discuss important information, create a sense of community and ensure that all class members feel included and important. If you’ve ever […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: family meetings, positive discipline, teaching your kids responsibility

Kind And Firm (The Origami Story)

April 24, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This morning I was meeting a friend to workout at 8:45, and since the gym is super close to Number 6’s school, I told him I would drive him this morning if he wanted me to because recently he’s developed a little bit of car and bus sickness. This made Number 6 very happy and […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: how to handle kids' meltdowns, meltdowns, origami, positive discipline, rescuing your kids

Controlling My Madness — Your Kids Are More Self Aware Than You May Realize

January 14, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Number 6 is my mama’s boy. He’s cuddly and snuggly, he still gives me a kiss and a hug wherever I happen to be saying goodbye to him, even at school in front of his friends. He’s an emotional kid. So along with those good, cuddly emotions, come the opposite ones. When he gets upset, […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: anger, behavior, emotions in children, madness, positive discipline, strategies, wheel of choice

Not Your Average Weekend. There Is No Other Weekend Like It. Seriously.

November 17, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

You know what’s happening in three months and thirteen days? NOT YOUR AVERAGE WEEKEND!!!   15 weeks from tonight you could be taking advantage of this incredible opportunity and hanging out with me and a bunch of other women in the NYAM tribe. Have you and your friends reserved your room yet? If you don’t […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: interlaken, marriage, Not Your Average Weekend, positive discipline, taekwondo, vision board

If You Are Having A Hard Time Getting Your Kids Out The Door In The Morning, This Approach May Help.

November 14, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Today we had one of those rare mornings where everyone had eaten breakfast, everyone was dressed, all teeth were brushed and all lunches were packed about a half an hour before the buses were coming. What I have learned from experience though, is that even when we are all pretty much ready to go with […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, bus, control, gloves, hats, jackets, morning routine, positive discipline, responsibility, stress

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