Parenting is hard. Find the real “trick” to getting your kids to listen. Find effective ways to feel more connected and less conflicted in your parent-child relationship. If you’ve tried everything under the sun to make life smoother at your house and stop the...
Has this ever happened to you? Mom: “Will you pick up your toys?” Kid: “No.” Mom: “Do you want to come to the dinner table?” Kid: “No.” Mom: “Are you ready to brush your teeth?” Kid: “No.” When you ask your child if they want to do something, a perfectly appropriate...
When you find yourself in a conversation you don’t want to be in, what do you do? You either stay in it or find an excuse to get the heck out of there! Maybe you pretend to get a text or phone call. Perhaps you excuse yourself to the restroom. You might find a polite...
When our kids have the big feelings and big reactions, how do we help them calm back down? Deep breathing? Yoga poses? Quiet calming corner? Yes and no. Every single one of us has our own preferred method of emotional regulation. What helps you to calm your fired up...
You peek into the kitchen around 5pm- Anywheresville, USA. Mom is trying to make dinner. Child #1 is asking Mom the same question over and over and over. Mom answers it patiently over and over and over. Child #2 starts helping their self to a snack. Opening the...
When your child is doing something that is driving you crazy and/or causing problems in your home- what is your first reaction? What is that knee jerk parenting reaction we all have. SHUT. IT. DOWN. Make it stop. Find a way to put an end to this problem behavior....
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