When you're faced with difficult toddler behaviour, it can be painful. You simply want to move forward with your day, yet your child is digging in his heals or throwing a tantrum. Find positive parenting tips that will mitigate meltdowns and willfulness.It is amazing how quickly a toddler meltdown can overtake even the best-laid plans.Case and point, one evening, I … [Read more...] about 10+ Effective Strategies to Mitigate Difficult Toddler Behaviour
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After School Meltdowns: Why They Happen and What You Can Do
When you pick your child up from school, does your child meltdown? Don't worry. This is totally normal. Find out why self-regulation is so hard for children as well as simple, powerful strategies to promote calmness. Includes a free printable with these strategies at the bottom of this post.On my daughter's first day of preschool, I arrived in the school parking lot … [Read more...] about After School Meltdowns: Why They Happen and What You Can Do
Insights & Strategies for Raising Strong-Willed Children
Raising strong-willed children is a demanding process. We can't just demand compliance because it won't work. Find positive parenting strategiess below. Her blood-curdling scream was enough to wake the baby and send chills down my spine. "I told you to STOP!" she yelled. I had never heard my daughter speak to me this way. … [Read more...] about Insights & Strategies for Raising Strong-Willed Children
The Best Strategies for Parenting a Spirited Child
Parenting a spirited child is a very involved, dynamic, & rewarding process. Find positive parenting strategies to parent your spirited child here. Get a free printable with tips for parenting a strong-willed child at the bottom of this post.There are times where I wonder if my two kids are trying to reenact a scene from Lord of the Flies.Really.In our … [Read more...] about The Best Strategies for Parenting a Spirited Child
The Mistake I’ve Made Parenting My Strong-Willed, Independent Child
Because I was a strong-willed, independent child myself, I thought I was parenting my strong-willed child right. Here's what I learned was doing wrong. For 8 months now, I've been parenting a two-year-old and a three-year-old. Two under two has nothing on the phase of "No! I do it by myself." And all the crying that comes with not necessarily being able to do … [Read more...] about The Mistake I’ve Made Parenting My Strong-Willed, Independent Child