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Hi! I'm Alana. When I'm not nursing cold, stale coffee, I usually can be found with the baby on my hip, barefoot, and racing after my two older kids. Thanks to a degree in psychology and a free-range childhood backing onto an expansive evergreen forest, positive parenting and play-based learning are my passions. Read more here.

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A great reminder 🙏🙏🙏 via Eva Rito

A great reminder 🙏🙏🙏

via Eva Rito

I was a child who strove for perfection and agoniz

I was a child who strove for perfection and agonized over my shortcomings.

My earliest memory of this was in fourth grade. I had a homework assignment I struggled with and instead of handing it in my incomplete assignment or asking for help, I went into the cloakroom. And when no one was there, I shoved my duo-tang underneath some old boxes of Christmas decorations - it was easier hide my lack of understanding than to face it.

Those my mindset worked against me for a while - there are simple but powerful startegies to turn a child's mistakes into opportunities for growth.

1. Approach the set back with curiosity. Instead of being upset or disappointed, ask what happened? Did your student not understand or not have enough practice?

This will help you formulate your plan.

2. Use the power of yet to reframe mistakes.

If your child says she doesn't understand or hadn't studied enough simply adding the word *yet* can promote a growth mindset and better academic performance.

3. Work together and get creative.
For example add play money to work on math or turn study material in a song.

4. Praise effort instead of results.

Research on growth mindset shows that parents and teachers who praised students' work ethic had students who did better in school!

LOL. I will say, living with my four-year-old, I *

LOL. I will say, living with my four-year-old, I *don't* have this problem. I get asked all. the. time.

source: unknown

This is such a great analogy. All of us bear burde

This is such a great analogy. All of us bear burdens. Some of us have more support than others. Others may be fighting battles we know nothing about. And as a result, their overreaction to something minor is because something huge is weighing on them we know nothing about.

This is a great reminder to always assume the best of others and to be kind.

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❤ Via @barefootfive

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Via @barefootfive

I can’t say I catch the moment in between as muc

I can’t say I catch the moment in between as much as I’d like but I continue to do better.

There is such grace in this quote
“Between stimule and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

It means I’m not tied to my overreactions. The hope for the future lies in the in the space in between.🙏🙏🙏

🙏🙏🙏 via Sacred Journey & Brené Brown

🙏🙏🙏
via Sacred Journey & Brené Brown

Such powerful words 🙏🙏🙏 "A big part of p

Such powerful words 🙏🙏🙏

"A big part of parenting is tolerating and sitting with a child when they're having big, overwhelming feelings.

If you didn't get this,
a big part of re-parenting yourself is tolerating and sitting with yourself while you're having big, overwhelming feelings."

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I spent so much of my early days as a mother lonel

I spent so much of my early days as a mother lonely.

While gathering research for a paper on culture and infant development, it became clear that the support we offer mothers is wildly insufficient.

It takes a village to raise a child isn't just a warm sentiment but a requisite for raising children for a number of important reasons.

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