Gentle Parenting: Everything You Need to Know
Gentle parenting is a nurturing style of raising children that allows parents to partner with their little ones to promote their growth and development. This parenting style encourages open communication and reflection, leading children to make positive choices independently. Gentle parenting moves away from seeing a child’s behavior as neither…
How to Teach Your Child Forgiveness
Forgiveness is both beautiful and challenging. People might hurt us many times throughout the day, and forgiving isn’t always easy. We need to decide whether to meditate on the situation, punish someone or react to this hurt we feel, or set healing in motion by practicing the art of forgiveness.…
Newborn vs. Toddler: Why Parents Feel the Other is Harder
Whether you’re a first-time mom or you’ve been around the nursery a few times, one thing is for sure: raising children is no easy task. All parenting stages have unique challenges, but parents often debate which is harder: the newborn stage vs. the toddler phase. Is it even fair to compare…
How to Discipline Your Stubborn Child
Parenting and learning how to discipline your stubborn child can be tricky. They might refuse to comply with your standard and well-worn parenting strategies. They can seemingly take things too far. You need them to pack up their toys? Cue a knowing look in their eye, and the toys remain…
How to Resolve Conflict Without Shouting
Are you tired of shouting, yelling, sniping, and conflict in your family? Shouting is generally a sign we have lost our control. Even though we raise our voices louder to be heard, it can have the opposite effect, and people often switch off. This makes shouting a pretty counterproductive strategy…
Blending Families: Tips and Tricks for a Harmonious Home
So, you meet some fabulous new person, fall in love, and welcome them into your life. It sounds so easy on paper, but add some kids on each side and an ex-spouse or two, and it no longer seems quite so simple. It’s not that blended families don’t or can’t…
Parental Preference: What To Do When Your Child Only Wants One Parent
Have you been on the receiving end of your child’s desperate plea for you over their other parent? Or have they begged for their other parent instead of you? When a child displays preference, it can be disheartening and sting a bit for both parents. I’d like to offer a…
Why It’s Important to Show Affection to Our Children
Most parents get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life that comes with having children. We constantly find ourselves busy, stressed to the max, and pondering that day’s concerns. We often forget that the most important thing we can do for our children as parents is to give…
Household Rules That Help Children Feel Safe
Do kids like rules? Not really. Do they need them? One hundred percent. Kids inherently crave rules because rules help them understand what to expect. When they can predict things, they feel more secure and safe. When a child feels secure, they have the freedom to explore, grow and develop.…
How to Teach Your Kids to Fight Fair
As an elementary school counselor, I deal with conflict between little ones all day long. The kids fly in from recess, frustrated and breathless, ready to tell their side of the story. After a few minutes of sorting it out, it becomes apparent pretty quickly that this is a harmless…