Welcome to another week of the Positive Parenting alphabetic series. This week’s topic is Flexible Parenting. We’ll be discussing what it means to be flexible, why it’s great for the kids, and why it’s such an important part of positive parenting.
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7 Effective Ways to Encourage Kids
Welcome to another week of the Positive Parenting alphabetic series. This week’s topic is Encouragement. We’ll be discussing what it is and how it differs from praise, as well as 7 times when it can, and should be, used to effectively encourage children.
2 Ways to Stimulate Conversation with Kids at Dinnertime
Welcome to another week of the Love to Learn Linky! Our topic this week is about finding ways to stimulate conversation with kids at dinnertime.
Time-In: A Positive Discipline Alternative to Time-Outs
Welcome to week 4 of our 4-part Positive Discipline series! So far we’ve talked about why using rewards and punishments like time-out are not always effective in encouraging positive behaviour in children. We have also discussed 10 positive discipline strategies that can be used that don’t control kids. Today – we are going to look a…
10 Ways to Discipline Without Controlling Our Kids
After I first heard parenting expert Alfie Kohn speak about the downsides of using punishments and rewards with children to encourage positive behaviour – I was converted. From there on, I shared the information with my husband and we made a conscious decision to avoid their use when raising our son. The problem then became, what…