"I was spanked, and I turned out 'just fine.'"
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Did you ever hear that at a family picnic? Or, did you ever see that line of reasoning in your social media experience? I certainly have. Here's one response...
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From Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer: Toddler bites...OUCH!!
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"Biting can be challenging behavior to deal with...because the way we handle [it] can set us on either a more connected path or a less connected path."
Read MoreJust. Listen.
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It's hard to keep our advice and opinions to ourselves...but, if we REALLY want to be helpful, the best way is to keep our mouths closed and our eyes, ears, and heart open.
Read MoreFrom Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer: Helping Kids Handle Frustration
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"...in everything, you are his partner, his support person. He has a passion to follow ~ you can hold space for him and help him do it. Sometimes, that help looks like..."
Read MoreThe New Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer Blog...
/It's a WordPress blog, and folks send in questions and I answer 'em. It's that simple, really.
Find the blog here: Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer, and if you follow the blog, you'll be alerted when a new question gets answered.
Do you want to pose a question? Here's a form for you to fill out so you can do that: Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer Question Form.
From Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer: About hitting
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When you’re feeling frustrated with her behavior, how you handle that will help her learn to handle her frustration with other kids. Here are some things that could help...
Read MoreWorld Peace Begins at Home...Right?
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I would ask you to please share this far and wide. Child abuse prevention cannot happen without a huge effort. Please join me. Thank you.
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 17. "How Will You Remember?"
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In the heat of an extremely tense moment...when you are feeling stressed out, at your wit’s end, like you’re just about to explode… When you feel like you have No More Capacity for patience…
...Asking this important question and remaining alert for a good answer...and taking the steps it takes to create a durable plan (and, recognizing when it needs to be refined and being willing to go back to the drawing board), that's how you turn an ideal into a workable reality.
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 14...The Power of Pivoting.
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...even when we know that’s not what we want to do, we get started down that path, and now we think we’re committed to that path. Things deteriorate.
Or…
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day #13. What About Lying?
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Lying is NOT the disease; it's a symptom. Take heed.
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day #12. Safety! It's all about safety.
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What it means to be someone's safe person.
Read MoreDid you know...
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..that there are two Making the Shift to Peaceful Parenting classes starting up next week? Well, it's true.
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 11. Expectations...
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...expectations can be major friction points in any relationship. In a parent-child relationship, friction points can cause an all-out firestorm. This kind of firestorm is actually quite preventable...
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 10. "What are you trying to tell me?!"
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This approach may take extra effort and patience on a parent's part, but it is time well spent in that it builds connection and defuses potentially volatile situations. The connection this approach builds is cumulative and things just get better and better and better.
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day #5. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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Respect is another excellent lubricant in the parenting tool kit. Make liberal use of it, and you will enjoy your time with your kids for a lifetime!
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B-R-E-A-T-H-E...
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Breathing is fundamental! It's easy to forget to breathe when we feel stressed, and breathing is one of the BEST things we can do when we feel stressed. Weird, huh?
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