Remember when you first held your newborn in your arms? So sweet. So precious. Your little bundle of joy. Recall the first time you gazed into her eyes. You remember fondly the first time your baby smiled, rolled over, and began to crawl. Your...
Here’s another one of those controversial, confusing topics that even the experts don’t agree on. Some positive parenting experts (Dr. Sears, for one) encourages the use of time-outs, starting at the age of 18 months. Dr. Sears says...
This is a guest post by PPTB administrator, Jean O’Neil.************************************************************************* Recently I went to the park with my sister-in-laws, their children, my own, and had a picnic. We set up not...
We are all on a journey. If you’re reading this blog, you must be somewhere on the spectrum of positive parenting, or at least interested in it. Nonpunitive parenting is, I believe, on the right end of the spectrum. It took me nearly a year...
10 Things More Important Than Discipline by Rebecca Eanes Parenting is a very complex task. If we’re not careful, we will become too focused on one aspect and let the others fall by the wayside. Many times, I see parents who are intently...
Guest post by Tribal Mama of Sausage Mama and the Sausagettes, reprinted with permission. -Please note…this blog is written with older children in mind and with parents who have not always been practicing attachment parenting but can still apply...
“The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “I can’t be your friend; I’m your wife.” Sounds absurd...
“Image courtesy of Clare Bloomfield / FreeDigitalPhotos.net”. This is the 3rd post in my Positive Parenting In Action series. The last post was in regard to tantrums. Today, I’m going to address a very common and concerning...
Parents have an ideal of the child they want to have in their mind…and what happens is they don’t get that ideal child. Parents have to learn to parent the child they have, not the child they wish they had. – James Lehman Mr...
“Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.” – Unknown We’ve all heard the complaints. Today’s children are more disrespectful, undisciplined, and have a greater sense of...
I realize that nonpunitive discipline can be hard to wrap your head around at first. It was for me. After all, the vast majority of us were raised to believe that children need punishments and consequences in order to learn better behavior. There...
This is the second post in my Positive Parenting in Action series. The first post was about exploration and danger. In this series, I will present several scenarios that could occur, look at the possible reasons behind the behavior (this is...
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