I’m one of those moms I said I’d never be – seeing or reading something that scares me to death and then reacting. I saw an Animal Planet program last year about a toddler who ingested raccoon roundworm eggs at a playground and almost died as the larva went into his brain, ate through his […]
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I am such a firm believer in Positive Discipline and positive discipline advocate Jane Nelsen. Her parenting advice has made a real difference in my life. I follow her blog and receive her RSS feed. She posted the following great story last week. I was so inspired I asked permission to repost it here, hoping […]
I can’t believe it’s been two years since you came into my life, all warm and snugglely baby boy. You’re my sweet little dude and you’ll always be Mommy’s Little Boy. I love you Mr. Man. Tweet
Any parent or caregiver of a child old enough to talk is familiar with back talking, or backtalk. Think of this though, how guilty are you of the same offense? Some recent parenting advice helped me see this differently. I recently learned the hard way that my own inherent controlling behavior caused me to respond […]
Teaching our children how to deal with disappointment helps reduce tantrums and frustration. Recently I borrowed Dealing with Disappointment: Helping Kids Cope When Things Don’t Go Their Way by Elizabeth Crary to learn more about helping my kids reduce their frustration and tantrums when things didn’t go their way. While this is typically a skill […]
This past week we went to Zion National Park for a family vacation. It was beautiful and exhausting, all at the same time. I think the best piece of advice I can offer for traveling with small children is to have very low expectations of what you’ll do while on your trip and be very […]
With my daughter in the throws of the 3 ½ year old disequilibrium, there are days I am at my wits end trying to keep my cool and put positive discipline to work. My fuse is getting shorter and shorter. Yet, when I calm myself down, count to 10, and tune out the whining, screaming, […]
To that nasty woman in the grocery store: If I’d not been so shocked, I’d have opened my rather opinionated mouth and let you have a piece of my mind. However, I was having trouble even believing what I witnessed. You yelled at my little girl and called her “you little brat” then had the […]
