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- The Playgroup Altercation: Your child is the victim
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- Top 10 Ways to Get Baby to Sleep
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- Celebrate Your Toddler’s “NO!”
- Alternatives To Saying “No!” and Avoiding the Meltdown
- Breastfeeding Benefits
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- Managing Toddler Sleep Problems
- Leaving Baby for the First Time
- Letting Go of Tweens
- The Last Day of Parenting (After 29 Busy Years)
- Clever Comebacks for Bullying
- Why Do Toddlers Hit? Is it Genes or Environment?
- Screen Time Research – Who to Believe?
- How To Get Kids To Do Chores and At What Age?
- Combining a Business and Parenting
- The Science of Attachment Parenting
- Childhood Assault Must Be Made Illegal
- Video Games Gives Kids A Bigger Academic Edge Than Homework
- The Power of Positive Reinforcement
- Preschool: Nice But Not Necessary For Your Child’s Educational Success
- When Do Children Understand “Consequences?”
- Are Consequences Punitive?
- Respectful Cell/Mobile Phone Contract
- Consequences or Problem-Solving?
- Unschooling To University Book is Ready to Launch!
- Dads Matter!
- Screen Time Mitigates Summer Learning Loss
- Canadian Pediatric Society Announces a New Position Statement on Screen Time for Young Children
- You Don’t Have to Be Like Your Parents
- To Register for Kindergarten or Not
- How to Raise A Respectful Teen
- Baby Playtime: How Much is Enough?
- How to Handle a Bad Report Card
- Education Options for Preschool Children Ages 3-5
- Liberals favour appealing Section 43 – the spanking law
- Is It A Discipline Issue or Development Issue? Part 2 Problem-solving with Young Children
- 10 Common Worries of Prospective Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
- Is It a Discipline Issue or a Development Issue? Part 1 Young Children
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- 10 Benefits of Living in a (low oil price) Recession
- Parenting teacher Judy Arnall urges Parenting with Patience in new book
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- Best Parenting Tips from the Trenches
- Yes, Your Two-year-old Can Do Chores!
- Sibling Rivalry Remedies
- Parenting With Patience
- How to Start a Babysitting Co-op
- Worried about Summer Learning Loss? Isn’t Minecraft Educational?
- Parenting in Public – Etiquette 101
- Parenting is the Ultimate Volunteer Job
- How to Help Your Child Understand Tragedies and Disasters
- Help! It’s Spring Break! Ideas for Family Fun
- Date Night: Stoking the Hearth of the Home
- Should Parents Argue in Front of the Kids?
- How To Keep Kids Busy Over the Holidays
- Are consequences a discipline tool or a form of punishment?
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Parenting With Patience
A new book just published to help parents curb yelling and handle their children’s anger.
Worried about Summer Learning Loss? Isn’t Minecraft Educational?
by Judy Arnall Your ten-year old daughter is wasting another beautiful summer day inside the house, playing Minecraft. You fear that her brain is becoming atrophied for lack of academic stimulation. You worry about education company warnings that children can … Continue reading
Are consequences a discipline tool or a form of punishment?
CONSEQUENCES AS A DISCIPLINE TOOL By Judy Arnall Consequences are the natural outcome from our behaviours. Every action that we humans do has a consequence. For our children, consequences are a powerful learning tool that tells them if their decision … Continue reading
What is Your Child Really Saying? Translating Attitude
Attitude is sarcastic anger. Sometimes, it’s a snarky I-statement or You-statement. If you look underneath, often, it’s a sign that your child is ready for more independence and feels thwarted in some way. Does she have reasonable choices? Can you … Continue reading
Discipline Without Distress is now an International Bestseller!
Discipline Without Distress: 135 tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery Discipline that you and your child will feel good about! Now an International Bestseller! At last, a positive discipline book that is chock-full of … Continue reading
New DVD! Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love
Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love Are you too busy to read? This DVD is for you! PLUGGED-IN PARENTING offers two hours of tips, ideas and non-punitive strategies for parenting digital children from babies … Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, Democratic Education, Emerging Adult Children 19-25, General Parenting, Preschoolers 3-5, School-Aged 6-12, Teenagers 13-19, Toddlers 1-2, Unschooling/Self-Directed Education
Tagged cell phone, cybersafety, how to limit screen time, internet safety, parenting digital children, safety, screen time, video games
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Hate Homework? Here is an OPT OUT OF HOMEWORK Letter to School
For parents and children who dislike the impact of homework on their family time. Here is a template of a letter to send to school before the first parent-teacher interviews. It’s meant as a starting place for discussion of homework and … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Education, General Parenting, School-Aged 6-12, Teenagers 13-19, Unschooling/Self-Directed Education
Tagged home work, homework, homework hassles, homework trouble, how to get kids to do homework, judy arnall, opting out of homework, say no to homework, setting up homework space
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How to Get Kids to Do Their Homework
“Help! My Child won’t do Their Homework!” Suggestion and Ideas for Getting More Homework Co-operation and Less Power Struggles Give choices in subject matter, time, or place of study. E.g. Would the child like to do Math or English today? When … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Education, Emerging Adult Children 19-25, General Parenting, School-Aged 6-12, Teenagers 13-19, Unschooling/Self-Directed Education
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How to Get Ready for a New School Year
Global TV APT TV Getting Ready for a New School Year By Judy Arnall The last days of summer are closing in and thoughts turn to the start of school when that yellow leaves appear on the neighborhood trees. Parents … Continue reading
How to Get Your Child Off Computer/Video Games
Now you can limit screen time without your child shutting you out! Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, Democratic Education, General Parenting, Preschoolers 3-5, School-Aged 6-12, Teenagers 13-19, Toddlers 1-2
Tagged childhood obesity, computer addiction, Discipline, how to limit screen time, judy arnall, parenting conference speaker, parenting digital generation, screen time, teacher conference speaker, video game addiction
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