2012 is going to be a wonderful year! I have a couple of fun things in store for 2012 that will help us connect more with ourselves and with our children. We’re going to kick off January with our 365 Days of Play series. Each month...
I saw this great idea on Here We Are Together and knew it would be perfect for our home. I don’t do the traditional time-outs with my kids because they push away rather than bring closer, and connection and relationship are at the heart of...
We all want to get this right, this whole parenting thing. We seek advice, we read books and articles, we listen to family and friends (or not), and we hope we make the right choices. We hope they grow up and make the right choices too, because...
We had an interesting discussion on PPTB today under a post about non-punitive discipline, and I’m hoping to clear up some of the confusion about enforcing limits versus doling out punishments or made-up consequences. Let me preface this...
In Part 1, we discussed why the traditional paradigm of parenting is faulty and why non-punitive positive parenting is healthier for children and family dynamics. In this post, we’ll look at how to handle common situations using...
Our goal as a parent is to give life to our children’s learning—to instruct, to teach, to help them develop self-discipline—an ordering of the self from the inside, not imposition from the outside. Any technique that does not give life to a...
“Be mindful of the language you use to describe your children. They will come to see themselves through that filter you design.” – Lori Petro, TEACH Through Love Words are powerful. Words are especially powerful when said by...
This is a guest post by Kelly Bartlett. ************************************************************************************ “Children don’t misbehave, they simply behave to get their needs met.” This quote comes from Dr. Thomas...
There is tons of discipline advice out there. If you’re new to positive parenting, it can be especially daunting to figure out how to handle certain behaviors. But discipline doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t have to...
This is what my mom said to me once in reference to my decision not to spank my children. “That is just a bunch of new-age nonsense. Children have been raised that way for thousands of years.” My answer to that was “And look...
Per Wikipedia, “Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women.” Equal being the key word here. I am ALL FOR...
There has been a lot of buzz about how spanking affects children. It got me to wondering how spanking affects the spanker. I turned to my friend and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Laura Markham, founder of AhaParenting, for her thoughts on this...
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