This parenting journey is quite the job. Despite my most valiant efforts and deep commitment to positive discipline, I often find myself making and correcting mistakes. And the first thought that runs through my mind when I make a mistake is “I’m a failure, I’m a bad mom, My kids are going to need therapy.” […]
Positive Discipline
When it comes to positive discipline, advice on potty training, or toilet training, is painfully simple. Wait for your child to exhibit the signs, don’t push, don’t reward, and don’t praise. In fact, when it comes to potty training, we parents and caregivers can be our own biggest obstacle, trying to push, reward, praise and […]
I am such a firm believer in Positive Discipline and positive discipline advocate Jane Nelsen. Her parenting advice has made a real difference in my life. I follow her blog and receive her RSS feed. She posted the following great story last week. I was so inspired I asked permission to repost it here, hoping […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Kids will fluctuate between equilibrium and disequilibrium, about every six months. Simply knowing about this phenomenon and, as such, being prepared to weather the storm, can make pushing through tough periods of resistence and poor behavior a little easer. In continuing to research why my little Sweetness, who officially turned 3 ½ this weekend, is […]
