If your child is showing a lot of anger or aggression, don't discount this critical missed reason for aggression in children. I've watched it play out in real life over and over and am thankful in my own child's life, I was able to figure it out. I could hear my daughter and her best friend playing upstairs. At 2 years old, Hannah and Sydney had been meeting for playdates for nearly ...
Parenting
One Thing We Are Failing To Teach Our Children
When I read news articles of the latest young person in trouble, I can't help but be reminded of the one thing we are failing to teach our children. It's a tough lesson to learn but one that will impact them for the rest of their lives. Crash! The sound of crumpling metal and broken glass drowned out the radio in an instant. My heart was beating so fast. I looked ...
How To Have Your Child Apologize And Mean It
Do you wonder how to have your child apologize and mean it? We are so quick to force our children to say "I'm Sorry" that we don't think through whether or not there is true remorse. Or are they just appeasing us in the moment. But it's something you can change. "Tell your sister you are sorry right now," I said firmly to my 6 year old daughter. The same usually ...
4 Alternatives To Saying No To Your Kids
If you, like me, feel like a broken record most days, read on for 4 alternatives to saying no that your children will actually respond to. And the best part is your kids will listen better! Some days (a lot of days really), I feel like one of those Jack in The Box toys from the 80's. My kids ask me to do something, I pop my head up and say No cheerily, and then hunker back ...
Get Your Kids To Listen The First Time
The "trick" to get your kids to listen the first time lies more in the changes WE can make as parents instead of changing our kids. If you are tired of yelling "Make up your bed" only to walk upstairs and see covers undone, read on... "Come downstairs and get your shoes on....we are late!!!" I yell loudly to my two girls up the stairs. To be honest, it's my mantra every day ...
Keeping Kids Safe In A Digital World
Keeping kids safe no longer comes down to simply keeping the doors locked and making sure your kids are with a responsible adult. Today "strangers" can come right into your home via the internet and locking them out has gotten a lot tougher. Would you let a total stranger come into your home and play with your child? What if I told you that he's already here and upstairs playing ...
3 Conversation Starters For Kids
If you are struggling to glean details from your child's day, start asking these 3 Conversation Starters For Kids and watch them finally open up! It is so interesting to observe the differences in our children's personality...one can be shy while the other one knocks you over to meet a new friend at the park. One can love to be outside while the other thinks she should only be ...
6 Things Good Parents Do In Front Of Their Kids
My husband and I follow these 6 Things Good Parents Do In Front Of Their Kids on a daily basis. Or at the very least, we are trying! Because the example we are setting at home for our children is laying the foundation for many many years to come. Being a good parent sometimes has NOTHING to do with your children. Sounds weird huh? But the way we ...
What Moms Eat
Crumpled wrapper from a pack of crackers...3 partially drunk bottles of water...20+ goldfish scattered across the floorboard in various states of crumbs... Just a sprinkling of the various things covering my car the other night. And I embarrasingly admit I ate a few of those goldfish and it made me think about what moms eat...every day...any average mom of young kids. ...
Don’t Bother Looking For My Christmas Card This Year
It's happened - AGAIN...here it is December and I haven't even begun to think of making my Christmas Card. Well, I take that back. I have THOUGHT of them... In the sense that I think THIS will be the year. THIS will be my moment. When I finally get my act together and find the most perfect pictures of my family this year. Put them together in a beautiful ...
