10 Simple Tips for Raising Well-Behaved Humans [with Positive Parenting]
Parent with IntentionPositive parenting. What does that even mean? Well, he was gone for only a minute–I swear. But when I found him, my 4-year-old son had gathered every bottle of herbs and spices that we own. They were intentionally lined up across the kitchen counter from one end to the other. He was in the process …
SFP 113: Simplifying Child Behavior | Troubleshooting “Time-Out”
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Child behavior is anything but straightforward. My children are well-behaved, but as humans–they have their “moments”. As parents, we can feel powerless when our kids aren’t cooperating or being respectful. Today on the podcast I am explaining how we blend positive parenting methods with some strategies and techniques. One technique in particular that we are …
SFP 112: Do we control our kids? [With Hunter from Mindful Mama Mentor]
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In today’s episode I am chatting with Hunter Clarke-Fields of Mindful Mama Mentor. Hunter specializes in mindful parenting and in this episode we are talking about control in parenting. As parents, we feel like we should have control over our children. But children have their own agendas and ideas about this. How much control do …
SFP 111: How You Talk to Kids + Why it Matters [with Tracy from Zero to Five]
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The words that we speak to our children become their inner voice. And the average woman speaks 20,000 words per day. While we can’t always be intentional in the way we speak to our children, we can do better. In today’s episode, author Tracy Cutchlow and I are discussing how to speak to our children. …
SFP 110: Raising Successful Kids [with Krista from A Life in Progress]
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What does it mean to “raise successful kids”? Today I am chatting with Krista from A Life in Progress. I knew I could rely on Krista to bring some excellent perspective to this topic and she comes through in this episode. When it comes to life, Krista thinks outside the box and walks off the …
SFP 109: Make your home child-friendly, rather than child-proof [with Nicole from The Kavanaugh Report]
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Parents spend a great deal of time and money baby-proofing the home. But how does this process impact our kids? Today, I am chatting with Nicole from The Kavanaugh Report. Nicole and I are both passionate about creating a home that is child-friendly rather than child-proof. That means that we are thoughtful to design our …