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Our best advice when it’s tough with kids:breathe, laugh, dance, sing, hug, call a friend. Be gentle with yourself, you’re not done growing up yet. This won’t last and you are not alone.
“Don’t do anything that isn’t play.”
“Don’t do anything that isn’t play.” - Marshall Rosenberg When I first read this years ago I thought, “What do you mean, Marshall? I’ve got a ton to do. I’ve got a job to go to, dishes to wash, laundry to fold, meals to cook, a house needs cleaning, and a sick kid to...
5 Mistakes parents make when creating “Agreements” with their kids
In our family (and in our preschool classroom) instead of rules we have agreements. An agreement is something that everyone in the family agrees to do, created collaboratively, written down and signed. At home, we keep our agreements in a 3 ring binder in the living...
How “Giving up” gets your kids to do what you want
So many times I enter into a conversation with my kids and I have an unspoken, secret agenda. But I do my best parenting when I’m not attached to getting my way, when I’m curious and ask lots of open ended questions. It’s not a coincidence that when I give up how I...