Posts Tagged by peaceful parenting
Kindness During a Tantrum: 10 Ways to Show you Care
| February 13, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting |
Kindness is a wonderful thing. Surprising your child with a new book, fresh whipped cream atop their favorite fruits or letting them stay awake to talk with you for an extra ten minutes, whatever kind act it may be, children thrive on love and kindness. What about when your child is having a tantrum? Did you…
When Children Bite and Strike: 5 Positive Ways To Deal and Heal
| January 31, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting, Positive_discipline |
Hitting, pushing, shoving and biting are common ways for preschoolers and toddlers to deal with their emotions. Strikes and bites are often happening because something inside the child, some feeling, like a hiccup, just needs to get out. It could be frustration, upset, sadness, anxiety, fear or a mixed bowl of emotions. What can we…
Toddlers making Trouble: 11 Alternatives to Time Outs
| January 25, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
Toddlers don’t really mean to be making trouble, they spend their days trying to understand and discover their environment, their place and space in the world.
Often, it’s hard to know how to best handle the messy, sassy, yucky situations. Time outs are so popular in the toddler years, yet just placing a toddler in the corner or on a naughty chair is unlikely to prevent a re-occurance as toddlers will not really learn by pouting all alone
Sharing Sundays #2
| January 15, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
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Happy Sunday! In the second round of Sharing Sunday – here are a few articles and posts I came across in the past week that I really enjoyed: Love From Parenting from scratch: Children need encouragement, a lot of it, not to be confused with praise…Here is a great list of encouragement phrases to use with children…
Challenge the Moment; Love your Child. Three Real Alternatives to Spanking
| January 14, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
This was originally posted by me at Authentic Parenting. Last week I read an article in Healthland/Time about Parents Spanking Their Kids. Very honestly, I did not find it surprising to read about parents that admit to using corporal punishment because I am very aware that it happens, across all socio- economic levels and different…
Rivalry To Harmony Part 2: Five Games To Promote Team Work Among Siblings
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting, Play, Positive_discipline |
Last week at Authentic Parenting I wrote about avoiding and solving conflicts through play. One of the things I wrote about was how I had encouraged my boys to work together as a team. I received a lot of feedback and questions about other ways to encourage siblings to work together. Here are five games…
Four Alternatives to Punishment: Positive Solutions in Practice
| November 7, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting, Positive_discipline |
being punishment free really worked in our day to day lives. Among other things, we use replacement, choices, playfulness and empathy.
Here are four examples from the past week which illustrate how we are practicing finding positive solutions.
Television, Guilt and Jumping Jacks.
| October 31, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under My Guest Posts |
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So my children watch television and often I feel guilty about it. It’s not so bad that it keeps me up at night, my little Bella nursing is the one doing that, but I digress. I don’t really think my children are being too terribly damaged by watching television; the truth is I just feel…
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