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Parenting Trick: The Power of Three
Often when people speak to me about their children’s non-compliance (over small reasonable requests), the dreaded word – consistency – pops up. Consistency is an ideal and probably not what most parents can realistically manage – we all have bad … Continue reading
Posted in Home Environment, Boundary Setting
Tagged children, parenting, kids, self-esteem, raise, child, self-assured, stress, behaviour, naughty, Diane Levy, boring cuddles, emotion, overwhelmed, family, communication, tantrum, discipline, self-assurance, maturity, understand people, psychology, boundary setting, non-compliance, compliance, consitency, consistency, boundarys, rules, how to
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For Parents: Emotional Support v Emotional Indulgence
Maturity, as many of you already know, is the main aim Craig and I have for our children. We define maturity as having all the aspects that Daniel Goleman identified as Emotional Intelligence: persistence; delayed gratification; planning; organisation; empathy; impulse control; social deftness; motivation … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Self-Esteem?
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, child, children, communication, daniel goleman, emotion, emotional intelligence, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, school, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Parents: Allow your Children to Manage their OWN Risk
Alongside Mr Hare using his abilities in Executive Function last Friday, (Executive Function – A Story) there was also an aspect of managed risk in the scenario. Mr Owl (age six) decided to tag along for the ride and took his … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged allowing children to manage risk, behaviour, boring cuddles, child, children, emotion, family, kids, learning to manage risk, managing risk, maturity, overwhelmed, parenting, raise, risk, risk management, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, understand people
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Parents: Naughty Kids Need More Sleep and Clever Kids Do Too.
Before the advent of electricity, most children on most days were in bed when the sun went down and got up when the sun rose. When you put it in perspective - that’s not so long ago - and that has been the norm for as long … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well, Tantrums
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, bright children, child, children, clever children, communication, electricity, emotion, family, intelligent children, kids, maturity, naughty, naughty children, overwhelmed, parenting, pitch-black, psychology, raise, rhythm, ritual, room temperature, routine, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sleep, sleep deprivation, smart children, stress, tantrum, temperament, understand people
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When Nurturing becomes Rescuing – Mindful Disconnection – Pt Five
We all know them: the parents who constantly rescue their children. Most of us can see the results of that approach ain’t that hot. The trick of course is to know when we are nurturing our children, and when we … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Styles, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, behaviour management, boring cuddles, boundary setting, child, children, communication, discipline, drama triangle, emotion, family, karpman's triangle, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, persecutor, psychology, raise, rescuer, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sociology, temperament, understand people, victim
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Mindful Disconnection: Practical Ideas Pt One
In my previous post I talked about the biological need (and that’s the key, this is not my opinion) for our children to be raised in both a highly emotionally connected environment and to sometimes experience Mindful Disconnection here: Connection and … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks
Tagged baby, bedtime, behaviour, boring cuddles, boundary setting, child, children, communication, consequences, discipline, emotion, emotional brain, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, reconnect, self-assurance, self-assured, setting boundaries, sleep, stress, tantrum, toddler, understand people
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Tantrums: Different Kinds need different Strategies
Both Margot Sunderland (The Science of Parenting) and Diane Levy (Of Course I Love You…NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM!) and probably lots of other people too, have identified that there are two different kinds of tantrums. The first sort identified … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Tricks, Tantrums, Temperament
Tagged active alert, behaviour, boring cuddles, butterfly, challenge tantrums, child, children, choleric, communication, Diane Levy, disconnection tantrums, distress tantrum, education, emotion, environmental tantrum, family, hare, how to manage different tantrums, kids, low blood-sugar tantrum, Margot Sunderland, maturity, melancholic, naughty, Of Course I love you...now go to your room, overwhelmed, owl, parenting, phlegmatic, physiological tantrum, physiological tantrums, power tantrum, psychology, raise, sanguine, school, sleep deprivation tantrum, stress, tantrum, temperament, The Science of Parenting, tortoise, understand people, what kinds of tantrums are there, when my child won't practise their
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