Posts Tagged by Positive Discipline
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…
The Annoyance List: Create A Positive Parenting Solution in 10 Steps.
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting, Positive_discipline |
Jackets tossed on the floor, standing up during meals, toys always getting lost..Three things my kids were doing that I wish would change. I wanted the change but I did not want nagging, power struggles, rewards or punishments. Then, I came across a tool for financial makeovers and I wondered if I could re-apply the…
Practicing Punishment Free Parenting: How we got back on track
| October 31, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under My Guest Posts |
Originally Posted at Authentic Parenting My children have been punishment free for nearly two years now. Somewhere around five hundred days, it’s a long time. With three small children that are curious, active, spunky and growing, there have been plenty of opportunities to challenge myself, or rather ourselves, as my husband has been practicing punishment…
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