What does positive parenting mean to you? Do you see it as your own enjoyment of parenting or more about nurturing the positive traits in your children? Often the two go hand in hand. When we feel good about our moment-to-moment parenting choices, our kids are ...
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2 Tips for Positive Parenting
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. Does Your Child Have Innovators DNA?
A typical 4 year old child has tons of curiosity. They ask endless questions and constantly wonder how and why things work. Unfortunately, over time (and a very short time at that!) this curiosity is dampened severely. By the time children are 6.5 years old, they stop asking questions. Why? A recent interview with 2 professors in ...
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. Toilet training the older child
If you do not have the picture perfect potty training tale, you are certainly not alone. Many parents struggle with this for various reasons. Let's look at two common struggles: regression (see post on regression) missing the zing and therefore training an older child In either case, it's time to evaluate the situation, ...
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. Thoughts on praise by experts Faber and Mazlish
Since my last post on praise, I have been reading, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by bestselling authors and child experts, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. The authors offer an important chapter on praise, which I highly recommend. They provide many more details, exercises, ...
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