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Category Archives: Difficult Child
Positive Discipline, the book
Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. has sat on my bookshelf for 3 years now, and every time I looked at it I could hear the voice of my friend who gave it to me, “This is a great book. … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Challenges, Children, Difficult Child, Discipline, Family, Heidi, The Moms
Tagged challenging child, difficult child, Jane Nelsen, parenting, Positive Discipline
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Have a “Yes” Day!
Other moms say “Yes” to their kids more than I do. Or maybe I say “No” to my kids more than other moms. Or at least sometimes I feel that way. Today I saw one mom driving her mini-van of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, All Writers, Challenges, Children, Difficult Child, Family, Finding a Balance, Fun, Kerri, The Moms
Tagged attitude, kids, positive
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Ending Bickering With Praise
How to go from this to this Do your children ever bicker? Okay, you may put your hands down — it was a rhetorical question. All children bicker. I have even heard children bicker to themselves. Bicker, bicker, bicker. And … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Difficult Child, Discipline, Heidi, Love, Relationships
Tagged confidence, happy children, praise
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Raising a Difficult Child
Are you struggling to raise one of your children? Do you find yourself in a constant battle with your child? As a result, is your confidence as a mother starting to wane? For six very long years, our family has … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Challenges, Difficult Child, Janae, Relationships, The Moms
Tagged book, child, parenting, raising children, Stanley Turecki, the difficult child
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Squeezing in Some Time to Love
With school aged kids, days can feel like a string of tasks to be done from morning til bedtime. “Get up, get ready, go to school, do your homework, go to this activity, get ready for dinner, take a bath, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Difficult Child, Discipline, Finding a Balance, Heidi, Love
Tagged attention, difficult child, spending time with children
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It’s Not About Me
I did it again this morning. With ten minutes ‘til the bus comes and while eating his Multi-Grain Cheerios with apple juice in the bowl instead of milk, my 6th grader gives me a paper saying it’s due today and … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Challenges, Children, Difficult Child, Family, For You, Goals, Love, Relationships, Sunny, The Moms
Tagged children, family, kids, learning, motherhood, patience, self improvement, teenagers
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“I Love You” BedTime Ritual
As parents, we are well aware of the impact of our words towards our children. Experts have reiterated the need to emphasize the positive, catch your children doing something good, and focus your energies on acknowledging the positive behavior, rather … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Challenges, Children, Difficult Child, Discipline, Family, For You, Goals, Kerri, Love, Relationships, The Moms
Tagged Bedtime, difficult child, love, positive, self esteem
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Flying Kites
As a kid, I knew some families that had two sets of kids. For example, I had a friend that I thought had a brother, and that was it. Come to find out, she had several siblings much older that … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Challenges, Difficult Child, Family, Fun, Outdoor Activities, Relationships, Summer Fun, Sunny
Tagged cooperation, family, fun, kids, kites, playground, siblings, teenagers
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