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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 Boundary Setting, Home Environment
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, boundary setting, boundarys, child, children, communication, compliance, consistency, consitency, Diane Levy, discipline, emotion, family, how to, kids, maturity, naughty, non-compliance, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, rules, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Conscious Behaviour Begins at Home
Conscious awareness of our own behaviour will appear naturally, and in bursts, throughout our childhood and early adulthood, but only if the early work is done by our parents or by the social environment in which we live. For Mr Butterfly, … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment
Tagged behaviour, boundary setting, child, children, communication, discipline, emotion, family, kids, maturity, naughty, parenting, psychology, raise, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sociology, stress, tantrum, understand people
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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: Some Kids NEVER get Bored
Like most parents, we want the very best for our three boys. We understand that they live in a world very different to the one which Craig and I grew up in. We realise that the ability to adapt, change and think … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Home Environment, Parenting Styles
Tagged bored, child, children, education, kids, maturity, never bored, parenting, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, understand people
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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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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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Executive Function – A Story
On Friday morning, Mr Hare (aged nine) had the option of being organised and riding to the bus-stop with Craig in the work car or being less organised and me walking with him. The work car has Navman. The bus-stop is … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged behaviour, child, children, communication, creativity, emotion, exectutive function, family, kids, maturity, motivation, naughty, organisation, organising, overwhelmed, parenting, planning, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, self-organisation, sociology, stress, tantrum, 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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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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