Only a few weeks left until school’s back in (or maybe it just feels that way because I’ll finally be heading back to teaching after 4 years off raising my son!). As an Elementary School Teacher for over a decade, I have an insider point of view on what teachers want parents to know the…
Parenting
10 Best Comebacks to DEFEND Positive Parenting
Learning about the Positive Parenting approach has been an amazing gift for me and my family. But it has not always been an easy path. Since my husband and I started using positive techniques instead of punishment with our son, we have received many comments that show a frustratingly common misunderstanding of it. I’ve been openly criticized,…
How to Solve Problems WITH Your Kids in 5 Simple Steps
Problem solving with your kids is a really helpful positive parenting tool. It shows your children respect, it models healthy conflict resolution, and it can be very effective in finding solutions for repetitive problems that seem to continue no matter what you do! Read on to find out how you can use the 5 simple steps to problem solving…
16 Reasons Why Great Coaches Make the Best Parents
With the Women’s World Cup playing regularly in the background of our house lately, I got thinking about how being a good parent is a LOT like being a great coach. After all, a coach has to use many of the same qualities that a great parent has to use to get their players to…
How to Boost Your Child’s Resilience
Resilience is the ability to recover easily from adversity. According to Psychology Today, “Resilient people do not let adversity define them. They find resilience by moving towards a goal beyond themselves, transcending pain and grief by perceiving bad times as a temporary state of affairs.” Some people seem able to do this well and some…