Category Archives: Positive Guidance and Social Skills
What Ever Happened to Nap Time?
Recently, a participant in the Parenting with Positive Guidance Ecourse asked for a bit of advice. Her children had suddenly stopped napping and everyone was suffering from the consequences. Tired, grumpy kids. Frazzled, grumpy mom. What do you do?
Little Shoulders
As we get ready to welcome a new little one to our family, I’ll be sharing some favorite posts from the past. My grandmother had a lot of sayings. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do … Continue reading
First Friday QandA: “Using Your Words” vs “Fighting with Words”
(This video is also available at YouTube here.) More Information: Put Ups and Put Downs {Playful Learning} Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder {Mariah Bruehl}
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Lessons for Our Boys
As a mother of three boys (with a fourth coming soon) I spend a lot of time thinking about boys in society and society’s messages to boys. There are a lot of mixed messages out there. It’s caused me to … Continue reading
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Mind in the Making: Chapter 6
Here we are at Chapter 6 of Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs. Grab a copy and read along! In a few weeks I’ll be asking for your questions about what you read, which … Continue reading
Endure it Well
I have a few newcomers to the Mind in the Making read-along, so I want to give them a little time to catch up. We’ll pick up with Chapter 6 next week.
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Three Parenting Secrets
I am really excited to get started with the Parenting with Positive Guidance classes this Wednesday! I can’t wait to start sharing and discussing some of the best tools for guiding behavior and building internal discipline in our children. It’s … Continue reading
Writing Around the Web
My fingers have been quite busy lately, making contributions to some other fantastic sources out there in the blogosphere. I wanted to make sure to include you in that audience, so I thought I’d share some links and excerpts here as well. Are You … Continue reading
