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Is Your Discipline Too Tough, Too Soft, or Just Right?
Kids are struggling these days. There is more confusion about life and the pace of life keeps us scrambling. We are not as thoughtful as we would want to be. We tend to parent from a confused place of anxietyโฆ
Transitions: It’s Time to Go
Does this sound familiar? ย Picture yourself standing, hands on hips at the front door saying (maybe loudly, even): โCโmon, kids. Itโs time to go. Kidsโฆ. Kidsโฆ. Itโs time to go!!! You need to listen to me! Get moving – NOW!โโฆ
Helping Kids Transition From One Activity to the Next
When a child becomes so focused on a favorite activity that they just canโt seem to pull away, it may become an exercise in frustration for parents. Suddenly, Mom or Dad may find themselves heading directly toward power struggles andโฆ
A Better Way to Respond to Tantrums
Whether you call them tantrums, meltdowns, or โbig feelingsโ – we all know that most kids (and therefore most parents) struggle at times when emotions overtake the ability to think and reason well. When it comes to dealing with kidsโโฆ
The Big Do-Over
Here is another story from Joel and Amy Nelson, parents of two sons, who have previously shared their story here. Enjoy! Parenting may not come with a manual, but I sure have read a lot of the parenting books outโฆ
It’s Not DefianceโIt’s Science!
Pretty much every kid loves to experiment with chaos: dropping food, smearing things, investigating cupboards or containers, throwing toys — you name it, a toddler has probably gotten into it. It can be easy to get aggravated when your childโฆ
How to Deal with Kids’ Potty Talk
Few things get parentsโ attention as quickly as kidsโ potty talk! Recently I worked with a family whose two boys, Will and Logan (ages 5 and 3), were frequently finding hilarious entertainment in each other’s potty humor. But parents John andโฆ
Powerful Strategies to Fill Your Parenting with Peace and Confidence [podcast]
Recently Jim and Lynne sat down with the folks over at the Positive Parenting podcast to talk about how to discipline in a way that actually connects with kids. The full podcast is 30 minutes — Listen or download below:โฆ
The Inspiring Parenting Behind the World’s Greatest Inventor
ย Thomas Edison often tops the list of the worldโs greatest inventors. We have him to thank for (among other things) the phonograph, the first motion picture camera, and the lightbulb, about which he famously said of his many failedโฆ
The Parenting Pitfall We All Get Stuck In
Thereโs a parenting pitfall that nearly all parents get stuck in at some point: โIf my child behaves well, I am a good parent. If my child misbehaves, I am a bad parent.โ Stated so bluntly, itโs obviously not true,โฆ