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Kids Don’t Need Praise. But They Do Need This Instead.

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

When your kid does something you are happy about, what do you say to him or her? Do you say, “Good girl!!! Good boy!!!”? Do you say, “Good following directions!” or “You are such a good listener!”? I know for me, some of those responses can be automatic. Why do we say these things to […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: dependence, encouragement, independence, positive discipline, praise, self esteem

Because I love me!

July 17, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Up until about five years ago, I had some pretty serious issues with self confidence. The night before my first day of  kindergarten, I had a meltdown because I didn’t think I was smart enough to start school. I spent all of middle school thinking I was overweight. Like really overweight. (That’s me in 7th […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Amazon, chaos coordinator, daughters, love, merch by amazon, overweight, self confidence, self esteem

Sometimes you strike out. Other times you are throwing the strikes.

May 14, 2014 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Number 3 used to be my shy, quiet kid. The one who would never, ever get in trouble. Then, last year, he started to come out of his shell. So much so that he was getting into trouble at school for being silly. I was not happy. Well, most of me wasn’t happy. There was […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: attention seeking behavior, baseball, OLSAT test, self esteem

Sticks and stones

February 18, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last week I wrote a post about how Number 5 totally rejected a kid at her preschool. There were lots of moms who felt really bad for the little boy. There were moms who pointed out I could have (and should have) used that as an opportunity to teach my daughter about compassion. I get it. I […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: self esteem, teflon coating

I feel pretty, oh so pretty.

August 18, 2013 by not your average mom 8 Comments

Since I’ve lost all this weight, I haven’t gone shopping for new clothes. First of all, I can’t afford it. And secondly, I still have about 10 pounds to go, so I’m trying to hold out. But we got invited to a party last night. A grown up party. And I didn’t want to wear […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: self confidence, self esteem

Say cheese.

August 3, 2013 by not your average mom 2 Comments

When I was a kid, we had this dresser in the hallway at the top of the stairs. The top drawer was full of pictures. Just loose snapshots. Every once in a while, I would pull out the drawer, sit on the floor, and look at them. I loved looking at those pictures, especially the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: making memories, pictures, self confidence, self esteem

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