Yesterday morning, Operation Positive Discipline officially took effect. If you read Saturday’s post, you know that one of the biggest challenges I’m facing is the kids arguing multiple times a day. And I’ve been constantly refereeing and consequently wanting to gouge my eyeballs out with a tiny replica of the Empire State Building. Yesterday morning […]
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I thought I was solving the problem. Until I realized I was actually a part of it.
One of the biggest recurring issues I have with the kids that drives me nuts on a regular basis, multiple times a day, is the kids fighting. A lot. Like as soon as I leave the room, I pretty much know I only have a minute or two before my house resembles Lord of the […]
I don’t have a favorite child. But I often have a least favorite one.
I remember an article circulating around a while back written by a woman admitting she had a favorite child. I never actually read it, but I think it pretty much said that we all have a favorite kid. We just don’t admit it. I have been thinking about this favorite child thing for a long […]
How I (Mostly) Stopped Yelling At My Kids
In July of 2014, I decided I was going to change the way I was parenting my kids and stop yelling. Or at least cut way back on it. It didn’t help to improve my kids’ behavior or attitudes, I was not leading by example, it created a more chaotic home, and I just felt […]
Another Inconvenient Truth
in·con·ven·ient ˌinkənˈvēn-yənt adjective 1. causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort. I never thought the decision to stop yelling would have such an effect on me. Up until 10 days ago when I decided I was done yelling, I wouldn’t say I was out-of-control in the yelling department. It wasn’t an all-day thing. It wasn’t even and […]
The five things I did to make it through a week without yelling once at my kids.
So I haven’t yelled for a whole week. Not once. I came close a couple times, but I never yelled. Not at my kids. Not even at my husband. And I feel great. GREAT! I’m not claiming to be mother or wife of the year. Not yelling hasn’t magically caused all of my other shortcomings […]