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99 cent Kindle Version of WHY PEOPLE DRIVE YOU CRAZY is now available
Here’s a very long link because I’ve forgotten how to shorten them. Sigh. Anyhoo, feel free to go and buy or pass the word… http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008NDEE4E/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1278548962&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1475210302&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1Y4EYXB529JPDTG47SE2
Posted in Temperament
Tagged choleric, karyn van der zwet, kloppenmum, melancholic, personality, phelgmatic, sanguine, temperament, why people drive you crazy
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Two Temperaments + Two Power Tantrums = Mother with a Sense of Humour!
In order to keep me on my toes, our two lovely eldest sons decided to have Power Tantrums on the same morning. Luckily, I’d had a good night’s sleep and was in the right frame of mind to deal with … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Tantrums, Temperament
Tagged active alert, behaviour, child, children, choleric, communication, emotion, family, kids, managing tantrum, maturity, melancholic, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, power tantrum, psychology, raise, sanguine, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, temperament, understand people
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Mindful Disconnection – Another Story
We arrived home Thursday afternoon and Mr Owl (aged six) hopped out of the car and went to play up a tree in our front yard. I released Mr Butterfly (aged 21 months) from his car-seat and took my things inside. … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged behaviour, boundary setting, child, children, communication, emotion, family, kids, maturity, melancholic, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, 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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Mr Owl Turned Six
I feel like I’ve been saying, the Owl is nearly six, for a long time. And now here we are, the big event has now been and gone. He had an Almost Overnight Party. I got the idea from Carrie at The … Continue reading
Posted in Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Self-Esteem?, Signs All's Well, Temperament
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, child, children, communication, emotion, family, help melancholic children, highly-sensitive, highly-sensitive children, ideas for melancholic children, kids, melancholic, overwhelmed, owl, parenting, parenting melancholic children, play, raise, risk, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, temperament, understand people
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Can Your Kids Accept Help? Can You?
One of the key indicators of people who are constantly breathing-in (Breathing In and Out: One Idea for Avoiding Burn Out), is their inability to accept help. Often they are the first people to put their hand-up when someone else needs something done, … Continue reading
Posted in Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged accepting help, active alert, asking for help, behaviour, butterfly, can't accept help, child, children, choleric, communication, control, emotion, family, hare, intrusive help, kids, maturity, melancholic, naughty, overwhelmed, owl, parenting, phlegmatic, psychology, raise, sanguine, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, temperament, tortoise, understand people
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Electronics and Children – Part Last?
On Tuesday morning, at the bus-stop, another Mum and I were discussing the effects of tv etc on children. Many people don’t want to hear it, but she and I agreed – unless a parent has compared the difference between their children without (for at least … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics
Tagged active alert, addiction, affected by television, behaviour, butterfly, charlie and the chocolate factory, child, children, choleric, communication, contrast in behaviour, creativity, dvd, effects of television, family, hare, kids, marie winn, maturity, melancholic, naughty, oompa-loompa, overwhelmed, owl, parenting, psychology, raise, roald dahl, sanguine, school, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, television, temperament, the plug in drug, tortoise, tv, understand people, xbox
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Strategy for Repair: Immediately after your Anger
The sense of shame I feel immediately after I’ve lost my rag with one of our kids is awful. They’re my least favourite moments as a Mum. Yes, usually it’s with the Hare – bless his little button-pushing socks. Particularly with him, … Continue reading
Posted in Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Tantrums, Uncategorized
Tagged anger, behaviour, butterfly, child, children, choleric, communication, emotion, family, frustration, hare, kids, make up after a fight, make up after an arguement, maturity, melancholic, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, phlegmatic, psychology, raise, repair the damage, sanguine, shame, understand people
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