Sometimes my kids and I get on a sort of negative cycle where their behavior is driving me nuts and I am not doing things in a respectful way or I am not noticing that they are communicating something with their behavior. I start to feel like I cannot do anything right and have basically [...]
Understanding Your Child’s Behavior
Why do they do that? And what can I do about it?
Encouraging responsibility in kids
One method of respecting a child’s need for respect and to feel in control and not constantly being “told” what to do, is setting your child up to “surprise” you with good behavior. Often they need prompts, but that is okay. You can talk to yourself wondering if something will be done (hmm, I have [...]
Consistency (or not) in parenting
Not every unwanted behavior requires an immediate and appropriate consequence or plan. It would be lovely if I always had such a thing in the back of my mind, or time to create one, but I do not. Sometimes a child will do something that makes me so incredibly and unbelievably upset, but the only [...]
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