To the mama who struggles to manage a career, a family, and a household - I see you. To the mama who manages all three - I see you. To the mama who struggles to manage the laundry - I see you. To the mama whose laundry never piles - I see you. To the mama who hadn’t slept in years - I ...
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3 Parenting Practices Most Parents Believe are Okay, But are Actually Harmful
These harmful parenting practices are practiced by most parents because we were all taught this is the way to go. Time-outs, punishments and spanking represent human society the way it currently is, but is it the way it should be? We live in a society that believes that age equals power, and thus ...
18 Mindful Parenting Quotes That Changed My Life
There’s nothing like a mindful parenting quote in the right place and at the right time to shed light on something we’ve been longing to see. I told my own story and how I came to NVC over at my about page, but I don't think I ever mentioned that it all started from a quote. When I first heard ...
What Do BOSSY CHILDREN Really Need, and 7 Ways To Manage Bossy Behavior
If your child is constantly bossing you and his siblings around, if he resists all your requests, if he doesn’t seem to have the ability to follow, it is because he is begging for you to let him lead. When we call our children bossy, we do what we do each time we use an adjective to describe ...
10 Things Mothers Can Do Each Day to Build the Strongest Connection With Their Child
No matter how old your children are, whether they are 2, 5, 10 or 15 years old, they have the exact same needs. True, strategies change with time, but the needs remain the same. Start meeting these needs today and watch your relationship transform. Many parents I work with find it hard to believe ...
9 Phrases that Encourage Children to DO Better by Making Them Feel GOOD About Themselves
Stumped at how to encourage your children to DO Better? Get ready for school faster, tidy up faster, or even put in the extra effort in school work? The trick is to make them feel better. We live in a cruel world that doesn’t really communicate with people’s hearts, instead, it communicates ...
