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25 Ways to Calm an Upset Child

Thursday, January 7, 2016 | discipline, parenting

The first step in teaching children how to manage their emotions is learning to manage our own. If adults are easily upset and thrown off ba...

How to stop yourself from doing something you regret in a moment of anger by Andy Smithson

How to stop yourself from doing something you regret in a moment of anger by Andy Smithson Our kid's big emotions tend to be a major tr...

It’s taken over Pinterest. It’s all over Facebook. It’s all the rage. It’s the Elf on a Shelf. Supposedly this little magic elf comes to wat...

Potty training is a funny thing. It almost becomes a competition between parents to see whose kids get trained the quickest. There’s real pr...

The one thing all conscious parents must have, I’ve learned, is self-compassion. As we become increasingly aware of the deep impact of our w...

This is the third post in my series of ultimate guides. First was The Ultimate Guide to Tantrums and the second was The Ultimate Guide to G...

Life would be so much smoother if our children would just cooperate, wouldn’t it? If they’d just listen to us about bedtime, mealtime, chore...