Tag: positive parenting


  • Beyond Equal, It’s Unique: Attention Each Child Craves

    Remember that time you tried to juggle chainsaws while riding a unicycle… on an ice rink? Okay, maybe not literally. But as parents this is what it feels like trying to give each child the attention they need and/or want, we often find ourselves in situations that feel just as precarious. Like yesterday, when my youngest…

  • From Chaos to Calm(ish): How I Learned to Stop Yelling and Love the Deep Breath.

    Have you ever felt like your house is a war zone? Like your children are on a mission to test the very limits of your patience? If so, you’re not alone. Parenting can be a beautiful, chaotic, and sometimes downright exhausting experience. I remember a time when I felt like I was constantly yelling at…

  • Taming the Tiny Tyrants: Discipline Strategies for toddlers

    Preschoolers. Bless their tiny, tenacious hearts. They’re a whirlwind of energy, curiosity, and emotions that can shift faster than a chameleon in a bag of Skittles, making discipline seem like a foreign language. One minute they’re showering you with slobbery kisses, the next they’re melting down because the banana they demanded is, in fact, not a spaceship.…