Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
In fact, each of the Extremely Good Parenting Episodes also has an accompanying blog post.
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 […]
As parents, it can be easy to go about our days and not stop and listen to our kids as we should. Life is busy and stopping to listen can sometimes be an afterthought during those chaotic moments in life. I’ve often thought about times where I’ve seen children in the store, acting out in a negative […]
I was 7. It was my first sleepover. And it was all Barbie. It should have been a dream but all I remember is the sheer horror of watching my 12 closest friends trample through my brand new poster, unintentionally ripping it to shreds. It was my birthday, and I was the one crying. Fast forward a couple […]
How we celebrate Christmas became an important discussion my husband when our daughter was born. The Santa question was one we had to discuss, along with other issues that are common in today’s society. We choose to not get wrapped up in materialism – this means Christmas without Santa, Elf on a Shelf, or truck loads of […]
