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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]