"How do you do it?"
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"To answer your question, I got my Master's degree in Positive Thinking from the University of Being My Kid's Mom."
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That Screaming Parent in the Supermarket... What to Do?
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I don't think there is one "right" way to handle a situation like this...I just want to offer this as a possible approach. Some folks would openly confront the parent, but I think that could potentially have a devastating backlash effect for the child later on. Here's another possible way...
Read MoreTurn it Around ... using this excellent tool!
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...your FEELINGS are all about the story you believe in your head. And, your story feels good or not so good depending on the words you use to tell that story...
Read MorePeaceful parenting and soup...
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A delectable, comforting, enriching, nutritious soup depends on having the right ingredients in the right quantities. And, in the radical unschooling “soup,” peaceful parenting principles constitute the soup base. Radical unschooling without peaceful parenting may not go down so easy, and may not leave the best taste in your mouth. (The truth is, peaceful parenting makes everything taste better!)
Read MoreFour More Classes Being Offered...
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Making the Switch to Peaceful Parenting Classes Available! Check it out!
Read MoreFrom Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer: "Help! No cooperation…and I’m feeling pretty frustrated!”
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"...As with most things, what you choose to do...can lead to either greater connection or further disconnection. I'm happy to report that there is a peaceful solution!"
Read MoreGreat news!!! Four more class times/dates offered...and....
/...and I can now offer local call-in numbers for more than 55 countries!!! So, if you are wanting to take the class and you live in, for instance, Argentina, I've got an Argentinian number you can use to call in. How cool is that?!
And, I have (as I just said) four new class times/dates. There's a:
- Saturday morning class (starting June 27th).
- Monday evening class (starting June 29th).
- Tuesday morning class (starting June 30th).
- Wednesday evening class (starting July 1st).
Click one of those links, above, to learn more about the class and to get registered.
As always, parenting partners attend for one tuition, not two. And, if the classes you see don't fit your scheduling needs, let me know what your scheduling needs are, and we'll see what we can work out. Just send me an email using this link.
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 MoreLast Call...
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If you have been thinking about signing up for the Making the Shift teleclass that starts tonight or the one that starts tomorrow morning.. this--right now--would be the time to do that.
Read MoreFrom Ask the Peaceful Parent Whisperer: "...it's like tugging a donkey up a hill..."
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When you honor the things that light up your child...you will be amazed and delighted at the learning and growth that take place.
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 MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 19 - It's SO easy....
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Remember that even children who are very verbal may not necessarily be so good at accurately expressing their feelings in the heat of a moment.
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 16 - What do you *have* to do?
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This is germane to peaceful parenting and preventing child abuse because we hold and made decisions based on the stories we believe about what we have to do, which could prevent and interfere with much of the spontaneous joy our children wish to bring to us!
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month...Day 15...Pivoting (Part 2)...How Do You Know?
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Yesterday, we talked about pivoting when you find yourself to be out of alignment with your own parenting ideals. But, in the heat of the moment, how do you know?
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…
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