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 [...]
Logical Consequences
It's day 12 of the 31 days of Teachable Parenting challenge and I've given a lot of Bible verses and shared a lot about matters of the heart. That is the core of Teachable Parenting. It isn't a formula that you memorize. It's a lifestyle. However, I know everyone (myself included) wants examples of what that looks like and direction on how to [...]
What To Do When They Really Push Your Buttons
I know the Keep Calm memes got old a while ago, but it really does apply here! We've discussed loving responses for mistakes and emotional outbursts. We also talked about how empathy is so much more effective than anger when disciplining a child. Today I am going to touch on how and why you should keep calm when your children are really pushing [...]