Tackling Those Terrible Tantrums
I went on and on yesterday explaining the mind of a toddler. If you missed it I would encourage you to go back and read it sometime. I consider it Part One of my toddler spin off series. Some of you have been on the edge of your seats waiting for my ultimate toddler tip and I hope you are not too disappointed [...]
Children Are People
All the books I mentioned and the whole concept of Teachable Parenting comes down to the realization that children are people too. Did Dr. Seuss not already tell us this in Horton Hears a Who? A person’s a person no matter how small. Obviously a child is different than an adult. They sit in a car seat in the back for their safety [...]
The Magic Kitchen Timer
I don't know if you've heard of fly lady. It's a program to help messy people like me try and clean up their act. I implement some their strategies every once in a while if I get motivated, but the one thing that has stuck with me over the years, and I will probably use it forever, is my timer! The reason you [...]
Enforceable Statements
I will say it over, and over again, but teachable parenting realizes that you don’t control others. I learned early on in motherhood that there were a lot of things I couldn’t force my child to do like eat, use the restroom, sleep, say sorry. Although I had some success forcing the sorry thing when we started to learn to sign language because I [...]
Keep it Short and Simple
This week I have shared some practical tips for Teachable Parenting including; Logical Consequences, How to Respond to Whining, and Giving Choices. Today's tip is to avoid lectures and keep things short and simple. All of the three books I have previously sited will give this same advice, especially with very young children, LESS IS MORE! Sometimes it’s a loving motives that make you want to explain every detail of why [...]
CHOICES
So once we know that we don’t control others and that anger short circuits learning how the heck do we get our family out the door in the morning? How do we leave the park when the fun is over, or get our children to do their homework, or go to bed at night? I mean, I am a fan of bribery when [...]