How to Change Your Parenting Habits When Change is Hard
When did I thoroughly enjoy my child(ren)? When was I peaceful and wise while disciplining? When did I teach a value or skill in a way that my child(ren) enjoyed learning? An example of more 1:1 individual time with your kids: If your goal is to have that monthly date, and one of your children […]
Need vs Want
I plopped down on the couch with a friend and lamented about my latest parenting challenge. “I just need to learn to calmly follow through with a clear consequence. I keep getting in this nagging cycle. I need to stop it!” My statement was similar to a hundred others I’d made or have heard other […]
“You’re the worst mom ever! Everybody hates you!”
Sometimes when parents make constructive parenting changes, things appear to get worse before they get better. This is because changes, even positive ones, throw kids off-balance. They live by a well-learned set of unwritten rules and it sometimes takes a while to grow comfortable with new “rules” of engagement. So they will often push even […]
