Parenting with ABA
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Do you know the easiest way to help teach your child self-regulation strategies?
Do you know the easiest way to help teach your child self-regulation strategies? Narrate your day Do you know the easiest way to help teach your child self-regulation strategies? Narrate your day! One of the first things we want to teach our children is to recognize...
Do you want your kids to rely on your reactions and praise?
One of the biggest arguments against the use of positive reinforcement is this: reliance on external control. The goal is always intrinsic, or internal, motivation for our kids to WANT to engage in appropriate behaviors. The goal for myself is intrinsic motivation to...
For When the Kids Push Your Buttons
I know you never lose your cool with your kids. Right, Mama? They never do things repeatedly that make you feel like a crazy person. They never push ALL your buttons at the same time. Ha! Yeah, right. Most of the strategies I share with you here at Parenting with ABA...
It’s okay to feel….Helping our kids through those big reactions
Do your kids seem to have extra big feelings sometimes? All the emotions and allllll the reactions?? What are we supposed to do in that very moment? We want to teach our kids emotional regulation. We want to use positive parenting tools. We want our kids to be safe...
Do You Want to be the Bringer of the Grins or the Bringer of the Power Struggles?
Do you know what one of my favorite parenting tools is? You guessed positive reinforcement, didn’t you? Close- but today I’m going with HUMOR! When things are tense- can we help ourselves and our kids to crack a smile to defuse the situation? When my kids are in a bad...
Family Meetings: Is this something we should actually be doing? Why?
Have you heard of family meetings? Do you have them regularly in your home? Have you ever tried to? What exactly is a family meeting? Why should any of us try this? And how do we do it? Let’s break it down.These are my 4 P’s of Family Meetings: Pump Up, Problem Solve,...
Are You Depending on Santa to Get Your Kids to Behave?
Earlier this week I rewrote the Elf on the Shelf to remind you that Christmas season is a time of joy- not threats of losing your gifts or getting coal in your stocking. So why stop there? How about Santa? In the spirit of focusing on what your child needs, meeting...
Make Your Holiday Traditions About Joy, Not Fear
How do you feel about the Elf on the Shelf? I’ve found that you either love it or hate it. There’s no middle ground. I’d like to rewrite the elf’s story to make it fit our positive, compassionate parenting style. Will you allow me that creative freedom? Here we go....
Whose behavior needed to be fixed? The kids’ or the parents’??
At a recent family meeting, I had put an item on the agenda- listening to mom and dad so we don’t have to repeat ourselves. In the past week, I had noticed that I was having to say things many more items than usual and my husband and I had both raised our voice more...
Attention quality vs quantity. What’s more important?
Which of these have you heard before? Your child is acting out because they need attention. Mommy, look at me! Mommy, watch! Just fill their bucket by giving more attention. A misbehaving child is just looking for more attention. I know you are WITH your child all the...
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