Category Discipline
Kids Donโt Listen? How to Stop Lecturing and Start Asking Better Questions
Every parent has those moments when it feels like youโre chatting with the wind. You want to impart wisdom and decrease your childโs stress, but their glazed eyes seem to repeat your fear: โMy kids donโt listen to me.โ Asโฆ
The Genius of Letting Go of Homework Struggles in Two Remarkable Stories
Letโs just state up front: โhomework battlesโ shouldnโt be a part of family life. First, because the homework isnโt your homework, itโs your childโs. Second, as a parent, youโre not called to a battle with your child. Youโre called toโฆ
Want To Know Your Child’s Strengths?
Find Clues in 12 Common Misbehaviors
3 Ways To Help When Your Child Refuses To Do Schoolwork
What can you do when your child refuses to do schoolwork? For a variety of reasons, kids sometimes (or often!) are unmotivated to do what needs to be done. You know the importance of schoolwork, so it can feel frustratingโฆ
Consequences vs Punishment: Whatโs the Difference?
If youโve been parenting any time at all, you likely have made a significant discovery: Despite your most graceful efforts to stay calm, connect well, and guide them with grace, your kids still misbehave. So what do you do inโฆ
Your Child’s Grades Don’t Matter (To You)
And why their grades might improve once you believe this.
A Creative Solution to Your Childโs Messy Bedroom
Are you tired of navigating the Lego landmines and toy mazes in your child’s messy bedroom, but youโre unsure of what to do? How much to intervene? Whether or not to just let it be their turf? How to eliminateโฆ
Scared to launch your child into the โreal worldโ?
If youโre the parent of an older teen or young adult, the thought of launching your child into the world can be frightening; particularly if they have shown very few signs that they will be able to handle โreal lifeโโฆ
How I Helped My Baby Sleep When Sleep Training Was Not Working
Did you find this blog because you Googled, โHow do I get my baby to sleep through the night?โ? Well then, my friend, soak in this moment of knowingโฆthis is NOT your magic bullet to deep nourishing sleep. Here is whatโฆ
How to Say โNoโ to Kids Without the Power Struggles
Think about how it usually goes: Your child focuses on a goal (even if it is a really bad goal like โteaching little sister a lessonโ), ๐ and then you come in with big energy, and a firm,โNo!โ We allโฆ