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7 Common Parenting Strategies That Backfire with Toddlers and How to Avoid Them

7 Common Parenting Strategies That Backfire with Toddlers and How to Avoid Them

Other Challenges, Parenting Mindshifts, Challenging Behaviors, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerAugust 19, 2018positive parenting, limit setting

Tips for Helping Your Child Start School With Confidence

Tips for Helping Your Child Start School With Confidence

Other Challenges, Positive Parenting, Establishing RoutinesClaire LernerAugust 15, 2018going to preschool, separationComment

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

The Discipline Dilemma

The Discipline Dilemma

Positive Discipline, Positive ParentingClaire LernerApril 21, 2018discipline, limit setting, positive parenting, positive disciplineComment

I Don’t Like the Choices You’re Choicing Me! How to Set Clear, Enforceable Limits…with Love

I Don’t Like the Choices You’re Choicing Me! How to Set Clear, Enforceable Limits…with Love

Positive Parenting, Positive DisciplineClaire LernerApril 17, 2018positive discipline, positive parenting, limit setting, power struggles, choices, challenging behaviors, challenging behavior, disciplineComment

The Past Is Present: The Impact of Your Childhood Experiences on How You Parent Today

The Past Is Present: The Impact of Your Childhood Experiences on How You Parent Today

Positive ParentingKaren DeansApril 9, 2018self awareness, reflective parentingComment

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

I said I want the red bowl! Responding to Toddlers’ Irrational Behavior

I said I want the red bowl! Responding to Toddlers’ Irrational Behavior

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Positive ParentingKaren DeansMarch 12, 2018discipline, limit setting, challenging behaviors, tantrums, power struggles Comment

Don’t Fear the Tantrum: Just because your child is unhappy with a limit doesn’t mean it’s not good for her

Don’t Fear the Tantrum: Just because your child is unhappy with a limit doesn’t mean it’s not good for her

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Positive Parenting, Most Popular BlogsKaren DeansMarch 5, 2018tantrum, discipline, power strugglesComment

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

First Feelings: The Foundation of Healthy Development, Starting From Birth

First Feelings: The Foundation of Healthy Development, Starting From Birth

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devKaren DeansFebruary 2, 2015feelings, managing feelings, self regulation, positive disciplone, positive parenting Comment