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Positive Discipline

Positive discipline teaches kids how to behave in a way that will benefit them later on in life. It also helps parents feel better about themselves and their parenting skills. Navigate your family's tricky daily moments with gentle (and firm) parenting tools. 

Effective Parenting: Embracing Discipline Over Punishment

Many individuals mistakenly equate punishment and discipline, assuming they are interchangeable terms. However, a closer examination reveals that they hold distinct meanings and approaches.
3 - 5 min read

Implementing The Time-In Technique With The Time-Out Chair

Use the modernized approach of the time-out chair strategy to promote empathy, communication, and effective discipline in parenting.
3 - 5 min read
A child sitting in a time-out chair happy with her mother

6 Ways Peaceful Parenting Isn't Permissive & How To Do It Well

Critics of peaceful parenting say that it's too permissive. They believe a child's behavior needs to be controlled through harsh discipline, and that gentle guidance will leave children floundering. At best, they say peaceful parenting is maybe alrig...
5 - 7 min read

Am I Raising A Pathological Liar?

Worried you are raising a pathological liar? You are not alone. Not only is some degree of lying normal for children, but it is a healthy sign of their developing brain. Read more.
3 - 5 min read

Your Child's Misbehavior Is A Distress Call. How You Answer Matters.

Misbehavior is really a way of saying “I need help” when the words will not come. We wouldn’t answer “I need help” with “you’re in big trouble.” We’d say, “I can help. Here I am.” Answer the distress call. This is where true change begins. 
3 - 5 min read

5 Powerful Phrases To Say To Children That Boost Brain Development

Our words have the power to build up our children, nurture and guide them. They also have the power to cripple, shrink, and wound. It is these 5 phrases, spoken by well-intended parents, that tend to miss the mark on paving pathways for self-di...
3 - 5 min read

Six Benefits of Using Child-Led Learning

Child-led learning. The thought of it can seem downright scary. Here are six benefits of using child-led learning with your young children...
3 - 5 min read

Kids Emotion Chart - Using A Feelings Chart To Teach Emotions

If you feel like you are learning about emotional regulation right alongside your child, it’s because, very likely, you are. Here's how to use a feelings chart to teach your kids (and yourself) about emotions and calming strategies to decrease ...
3 - 5 min read

Why Is My Child Behaving This Way?

Power struggles ... meltdowns ... defiance. Here's what's causing your child's behavior and tools for transforming it. 

 
3 - 5 min read

Helping Kids Process Their Emotions Free From Shame

If you’ve ever caught yourself wanting to tell an emotional child to just stop, (so basically, if you are a human being) here are three things to keep in mind that will help you help ...
3 - 5 min read