Changing the way you parent or look at commonly utilized parenting methods is difficult. Paradigm shifts make many of us uncomfortable and that discomfort often causes us to automatically respond with disbelief and opposition. We can also come up with many justifications for why any new idea won’t work for us. We are too busy. Our kids […]
positive parenting
I backed off my kids in the morning, and life got better for all of us.
Our mornings can be a little chaotic and even if I am fairly organized and everyone has all their stuff packed the night before, I inevitably find myself telling the kids to hurry up and get dressed! multiple times before the bus comes. Number 5 and 6 are on the same bus, and so they are […]
I’m positive. Sort of.
I’m still on the positive parenting bandwagon. I gotta tell you. It’s hard. It’s hard because being conscious of everything that comes out of my mouth is tiring. It’s also hard because being mindful of everything I say has shown me that I say shit sometimes and I don’t even realize it. A couple weeks ago […]
Time for a new approach.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on gentle parenting. Yeah, I know. Those two words might be making you roll your eyes. They sound so… I don’t know what the word is… self righteous? Holier than thou? Sanctimonious? Annoying? But I need to start doing something differently. You know I stopped yelling at the […]