Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
In fact, each of the Extremely Good Parenting Episodes also has an accompanying blog post.
Noise is one of my triggers. And when anyone in my family spends a little too much time in front of a screen we get a little crazy. And those are the days I wish there was a magic family reset button. I start wondering why I ever turned on the TV or start blaming […]
As I walked to the dismissal line at school, Jenn quickly walked right past me with a sour face. She trotted to the car without a word and melted immediately upon entering the van. “What’s wrong? What happened?” I asked. “Ms. Kinsington told us if we weren’t better, she wouldn’t be our teacher anymore!” she […]
Being negative is contagious. It spreads like wildfire through the family. And it’s not just that old adage about when mama’s not happy, nobody is happy. But when the toddler is throwing a fit or the teenager is sporting an attitude or dad has had a long day, they all contribute to the downhill spiral […]
Emma, my middle child likes to stomp, scream, and hit when she is mad. She’s a threenager. And she can be vicious when she wants to be. But even my older child resorts to hitting when her emotions boil over to the point of using action to express them. In fact, it can be really […]
The moment I decided to be a positive parent was years before I ever had kids. It was that theoretical notion of what perfect parenting was and I was too strong willed to let anyone tell me that I would raise my kids differently. For years I had gone to school to be a teacher, […]
Parenting can be quite taxing and there is no denying that. Most times, kids just won’t listen to you. They would argue with you and annoy you. It is then that it gets very vexing and stressful to handle kids and to have a positive attitude towards whatever that is happening. Sometimes it is very […]
