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Are You or Your Child Addicted to Anger?
Do you feel like your family has more than your share of conflict and anger? In the stresses of family life, anger can quickly get to the level of yelling, screaming, hurtful words, or even aggression. If that’s your reality,…
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Practical Tips To Turn Uncontrolled Emotional Outbursts Into Big Wins
Your child is struggling. Again. They are frustrated and unload their stress on everyone around them in an uncontrolled emotional outburst. It might be a classic toddler tantrum or an older child stuck in explosive patterns. How can you turn…
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Morning Sensory Dysregulation
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Solve That After-School Crabbiness
The bus pulls up, and you brace yourself. She comes flying off the bus, backpack bouncing and arms flailing. You can already tell there is going to be an issue as soon as she walks in the door. Sure enough,…
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7 Activities to Teach Patience to the Child Who Wants It NOW
You want to teach your child patience, but it probably feels like an uphill battle. See if this sounds familiar. Your child asks for something. Maybe you’re not opposed to their idea, but it’s something they’re going to have to…
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Why Doesn’t Your Tween Want to Shower? We Don’t Know Either.
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How to Go From Power Struggles to Problem Solving
I can remember angrily looking at my determined, strong-willed child, thinking something like, “Oh, no you don’t! You’re not going to win this one!” and the power struggle was game-on! The final score was usually 0-0, lose-lose, even if I…
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Hurtful Comments: Teach Your Child How to Process and Grow
How do you respond when your child is the recipient of really mean, really hurtful comments? When your child hears and experiences another child’s (or grown-up’s) hurtful words, it’s painful for you. Sometimes those words come from a sibling, a…
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“Go to Your Room! Right NOW!”
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