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"Mommy, You Are A Toilethead!" Why Not to Take Your Child's Words and Actions At Face Value

"Mommy, You Are A Toilethead!" Why Not to Take Your Child's Words and Actions At Face Value

Challenging Behaviors, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerNovember 1, 2021children, Positive parenting

Your Child Needs You to Be Responsive, Not Reactive: Here’s How

Your Child Needs You to Be Responsive, Not Reactive: Here’s How

Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerJanuary 19, 2021

What Your Child Really Needs: Lessons from my own parenting journey

What Your Child Really Needs: Lessons from my own parenting journey

lessons from the trenches, Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerDecember 30, 2020Positive parenting

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child is Strategic, Not Manipulative

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child is Strategic, Not Manipulative

Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerDecember 17, 2020mindshifts, mindsets, challenging behavior, positive discipline, positive parenting

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child Isn't Misbehaving on Purpose

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child Isn't Misbehaving on Purpose

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerDecember 17, 2020mindset, parenting, challenging behaviors, development, positive parenting

Stop Trying to Control Your Child

Stop Trying to Control Your Child

Positive Discipline, Most Popular Blogs, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerDecember 17, 2020Positive parenting, Discipline, cooperation

How to Be Responsive and Effective Versus Reactive and Frustrated When It Comes to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate

How to Be Responsive and Effective Versus Reactive and Frustrated When It Comes to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate

Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerJune 24, 2020

Why Children Laugh, Evade, or Get Angry When Being Corrected (No, your child is not a sociopath)

Why Children Laugh, Evade, or Get Angry When Being Corrected (No, your child is not a sociopath)

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular Blogs, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerJanuary 28, 2020challenging behaviors, challenging behavior, positive parenting, positive discipline

Just Say "NO!" to Threats

Just Say "NO!" to Threats

Positive Discipline, lessons from the trenches, Challenging Behaviors, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerSeptember 16, 2019positive disciplone, positive parenting Comments

"Go Away Mommy! Daddy Reads to Me!" How to Deal with Parental Preferences

"Go Away Mommy! Daddy Reads to Me!" How to Deal with Parental Preferences

Other Challenges, Social/emotional dev, Establishing Routines, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerSeptember 30, 2018parent preference, rejecting parent, favoring one parent, positive parenting Comment

Responsive vs Reactive Parenting: It Makes All the Difference

Responsive vs Reactive Parenting: It Makes All the Difference

Positive Discipline, Positive Parenting, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerAugust 9, 2018positive discipline, positive parenting Comment

Know Your Triggers: Managing Your Emotions and Reactions is one of your most important parenting tools

Know Your Triggers: Managing Your Emotions and Reactions is one of your most important parenting tools

Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerMay 12, 2018managing emotions, positive parenting, positive disciplineComment

When Parents Disagree: How to get on the same page without anyone “winning” or “losing”

When Parents Disagree: How to get on the same page without anyone “winning” or “losing”

Other Challenges, Positive Parenting, Parental self-awarenessKaren DeansMarch 26, 2018co-parenting, disagreeing with partner, positive parenting Comments

Managing Your Own Emotions: The Key to Positive, Effective Parenting

Managing Your Own Emotions: The Key to Positive, Effective Parenting

Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessKaren DeansFebruary 8, 2016self awareness, managing feelings, positive parentingComment