Self-awareness is an important part of parenting. I believe that knowing, understanding, and accepting ourselves is key to being thriving mothers. In my new book, The Gift of a Happy Mother, I admit, “If introversion were on a sliding...
From the time that our babies learn to walk and talk, we are hit with warnings. The “terrible twos” are coming. You’re in trouble now! Just wait until she’s a threenager. Oh please, that’s a breeze compared to my middle schooler. They’ll walk all...
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Has parenting become a competitive sport? Are we now more concerned with having the best-behaved, best sleeping, fastest reading, most accomplished, and most obedient child, or are we concerned with one of a parent’s most important duties –...
Most of us had parents who operated from a fear-based mindset. As a result, we may have naturally adopted that mindset as our own, and that negative or fear-based mindset could be what we are operating from each day, affecting every...
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with...
We say, “Don’t do that,” and they do it anyway. We say, “Stop” and they continue. We say, “Pick that up” and they do so just to throw it back down again. It looks a lot like defiance, so parents often feel like this is the time to start punishing...
This is a free series brought to you by Rebecca Eanes and Jolette Jai, founder of The Jai Institute for Parenting. Each week, we will be discussing new topics on how to practice positive parenting so you can build relationships, strengthen...
This is a free series brought to you by Rebecca Eanes and Jolette Jai, founder of The Jai Institute for Parenting. Each week, we will be discussing new topics on how to practice positive parenting so you can build relationships, strengthen...
Welcome to the 10-WEEK POSITIVE PARENTING IN PRACTICE SERIES!? This is a free series brought to you by Rebecca Eanes and Jolette Jai, founder of The Jai Institute for Parenting. Each week, we will be discussing new topics on how to practice...
Photo Credit: Creative Child Magazine Often a go-to for all behavioral problems, punishment is an extremely common method of behavior modification, but is it really the best way to help kids do better?When we use punishment, our children are...
Image Credit: The Jai Institute for Parenting Conscious/Positive Parenting has been a topic close to my heart for many years now. I’ve been an advocate and messenger for about 9 years, an author on the subject for 5 years, and soon...
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