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 […]
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How To Address Back Talk From Your Kids More Effectively
I don’t know about you, but back talk drives me insane. What many of us parents don’t realize is that it’s our approach that invites the back talk. It’s not our kids being jerks. How many times have you said something along the lines of You DO NOT talk to me that way! or You […]
Because Nobody Wins In A Power Struggle
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 […]
Why Are You Acting Unusual?
The other day, the kids were a little bit out of control. We were coming off of a three day swim meet, they had been dragged back and forth to a pool that was almost an hour away all weekend, I had been gone for basically three days, and everyone was exhausted. So I took […]
Parenting Mistakes Are Awesome Parenting *Opportunities*
You know when you lose your shit on your kids and then you are instantly filled with remorse and regret and wish you could rewind and just start all over again? I had one of those moments the other morning. I didn’t really lose my shit. But I was hard on Number 3. Too hard. […]
Your Kid Is Not The Only One
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. […]