Sarah walked away feeling better about how she responded to the situation. This is priceless. We can practice self-encouragement when we recognize-refrain [the hardest two to achieve] then find the path to relax and resolve.
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Mother guilt & father guilt are delivered with the baby
January 23, 2012Earn new habits through repetition
January 9, 2012Pumping iron is repetitious and sometimes boring, much like parenting. With a positive attitude and eye on the long-term goal, pumping the iron of parenting habits will bring rewards.
5 positive parenting resolutions for 2012
January 2, 2012All of these positive parenting practices are built on a foundation of mutual respect — where everyone has rights and responsibilities and is treated with dignity. Mistakes are looked upon as opportunities to grow and learn NOT as reasons to punish. Accomplishments, pride and new skills belong to a young person — NOT to parents. You can do it. Start small. Encourage yourself by noticing progress. Any progress is improvement.
Presents or Presence?
December 19, 2011Give them three gifts from Santa and spend the rest of the day cultivating a holiday tradition that will last long after the batteries die out from the high tech gifts. Here are some of my favorite simple traditions.
Cultivate holiday happiness and gratitude
December 12, 2011Come to Littleton, Mass. tonight, Dec. 12, 7-9 pm for a parents forum to reduce holiday stress. It’s $15 if you RSVP. Two for $20. Here are three suggestions to defuse the holiday stress, that we women mostly heap on ourselves, in response to impossible standards set by the media, that we internalize. Martha Stewart has a crew of dozens to create her “effortless” crafts, meals and decorations. No one can live up to those ridiculous benchmarks.
