Setting boundaries is HARD! It's even harder when you know you're kid is going to put up a fight.... And then it's like standing on the front lines of WWIII. You gird yourself for a full blown assault and start to question your advancement. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. Maybe I'm handling this all wrong. If I retreat … [Read more...]
3 Basic Facts About Getting Your Kids to Cooperate
I'm so tired of asking my kids to do something, again, and again and again. I am literally exhausted, physically and mentally. Here I am, envisioning some calm, quiet, quality time with my kids before bed, but by the time everyone is done doing what they're supposed to be doing, I'm so worn out and jaded by getting them there, that I don't … [Read more...]
4 Steps to Become Less Reactive When Your Kids Push Your Buttons
Sometimes, no matter how hard I try I just keep snapping at my kids. On one hand, I care and protect these children to a fault, often at the expense of my own well being. But on the other hand, sometimes they can do something so irritating, so infuriating, it strikes a primitive urge within me to destroy them. It's like my unwavering love and … [Read more...]
3 Quick Tips to Parent with Confidence
Being a parent is hard! If it's not the practical demands of life with kids, it's the endless emotional and mental demands that can wear a mama down. Being the mom you want to be, staying calm and feeling confident in your actions can feel overwhelming, and sometimes near impossible. Like, "Just get me out of here. I give up!" But being … [Read more...]
Tantrums, Meltdowns and Power Struggles: Why they’re so important to your relationship with your kids, and their emotional development
C Like in any relationship, you and your kid are separate people with your own wants, wishes and desires, so conflicts and battles of will are to be expected. In fact, they're even important to your relationship with your kids and their emotional development. The parent-child relationship in particular is especially unique, because it's how we … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »