Teaching our children how to deal with disappointment helps reduce tantrums and frustration. Recently I borrowed Dealing with Disappointment: Helping Kids Cope When Things Don’t Go Their Way by Elizabeth Crary to learn more about helping my kids reduce their frustration and tantrums when things didn’t go their way. While this is typically a skill […]
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This past week we went to Zion National Park for a family vacation. It was beautiful and exhausting, all at the same time. I think the best piece of advice I can offer for traveling with small children is to have very low expectations of what you’ll do while on your trip and be very […]
With my daughter in the throws of the 3 ½ year old disequilibrium, there are days I am at my wits end trying to keep my cool and put positive discipline to work. My fuse is getting shorter and shorter. Yet, when I calm myself down, count to 10, and tune out the whining, screaming, […]
To that nasty woman in the grocery store: If I’d not been so shocked, I’d have opened my rather opinionated mouth and let you have a piece of my mind. However, I was having trouble even believing what I witnessed. You yelled at my little girl and called her “you little brat” then had the […]
Sometimes we as parents and caregivers can become too wrapped up in trying to schedule and plan the days and activities for kids. While it is very important to develop routines and keep to them in order to help children feel comfortable and secure in their environment, over planning and dictating the learning can have […]
In keeping with the excitement this past week, where I got to go to CatchCon and take a ride on the Northwestern, here are some shots I haven’t posted yet: Tweet
If you’ve been hanging around Heligirl for at least 11 months, you know I had the opportunity to attend CatchCon, the Deadliest Catch fan event, last year as a member of the press. I shared my experience here. Well, guess what? I got to go again this year as a last minute thing, and had […]
Today I’m handing the reigns over to Amy McCready of Positive Parenting Solutions. She ran the webinar I hosted last week and I get her regular e-mail newsletters that keep me on track with positive discipline. This one is a particularly touchy subject and when I got her advice, I asked her if I could […]
