So I have never forced my children to clean their room. I have suggested and helped, I have explained my expectations, but I have never put out an ultimatum for fought over it. I did set them up for success...
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So I have never forced my children to clean their room. I have suggested and helped, I have explained my expectations, but I have never put out an ultimatum for fought over it. I did set them up for success...
Continue ReadingI love reading books to my kids, it started in utero and I still enjoy reading to them. When they were a bit younger we read every night, many books, several times. Now they usually read to themselves, but we...
Continue ReadingWhen you look at other parents, what do you see? You may see the things they own, their style of clothes and how they wear their hair. You may see a clean house when you come to visit. You see...
Continue ReadingMost of us are concerned about bullying. We worry that our children are going to be victims of bullying. Not enough of us worry that somehow our child will be the bully. I know it’s difficult for most of us...
Continue ReadingLife is full of transitions. By the time we are adults many of us have become flexible enough to handle many of these transitions. Some are harder than others, but we have enough practice and developed the cognitive skills to...
Continue ReadingFirst I want to explain that I am not trained or certified by Dr. Ross Greene to teach his CPS model. I am a parent that has read his books and attended a conference. I am a Certified Parent Educator...
Continue ReadingI don’t know about you but every year I get a lot of papers and notices from school. Some of these I need to refer to at a later date. Spelling lists, field trip info sheets, teachers’ favorite things lists,...
Continue ReadingBefore I had kids I knew a lot about them. I had worked with them for years. I studied child development and early childhood education. I was about as prepared as I could be. I knew I didn’t know everything. I...
Continue ReadingI never planned to be a nagging mother, but it happened. I blamed being a perfectionist. I like things done a certain way. I try really hard not to correct my kids all the time or to fix things they...
Continue ReadingThere are a lot of things that make parenting a child with invisible special needs difficult. Besides all the mental and physical exhaustion, extra doctors appointments and therapy sessions, we are just parents that want the best for our kids....
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