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Loving Courageously Through Stress (Love Courageously Challenge - Day 24)

Stress can uproot us - make us act in ways that we don't like to act, feel things we don't want to feel. But we don't just have ...

Loving Courageously Through Bad Moods (Yours!) (Love Courageously Challenge - Day 23)

Not getting enough sleep is almost sure to cause me a bad mood. Yesterday, we talked about loving courageously through our kids' bad att...

Saturday, February 21, 2015 | discipline, paradigm shift, parenting

A quote from The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition : So often, children are punished for being human. Children are no...

1. Toddlers are biologically programmed to PLAY and to EXPLORE . Both are crucial in toddlerhood. Don't squelch your little one's c...

Thursday, February 19, 2015 | discipline, paradigm shift, parenting

Lying is a normal part of development, yet we have so many fears and worries that our children will turn into compulsive liars if we don...

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | discipline, paradigm shift, parenting

You need to be out the door in 5 minutes, and your child is still in his underwear. Bedtime was 15 minutes ago, and someone still hasn't...

Not listening is one of the top 5 behaviors that cause parents to lose their cool . Head on over to Creative Child and read what I wrote fo...