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- The Playgroup Altercation: Your Child Hits Other Children
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- Teaching Sex Education By Age
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- Gift Giving from the Heart and Hands (instead of the wallet)
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- 8 Parenting Myths Not Grounded in Research
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- Is It A Discipline Issue or Development Issue? Part 2 Problem-solving with Young Children
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- Help! It’s Spring Break! Ideas for Family Fun
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- 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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Category Archives: General Parenting
How To Get More Patience
Like a good marriage, it really helps to ignore a lot of daily irritations. Anger is like a fish-hook. We can choose to bite or swim on by. Sometimes, we just keep on swimming! Sometimes, we have to ignore the … Continue reading
Non-Punitive Screen-Time Family Contract
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/an-age-by-age-guide-to-kids-and-smartphones/ Also featured in Today’s Parent Magazine Family Screen Time Contract A Contract for Digital Health and Safety between Parent_____ and Child(ren)_____ Date:_________________ CHILD I agree to always ask you for help, explanation, advice and information regarding anything I can’t … 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 computer gaming, contract, game, how to limit, mobile phone, non-punitive, respectful, screen, time, video
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Giving Kids Their Own Personal Space
Small house, many children: How to give kids personal space Humans are territorial and want some control over their belongings and the space where they are kept. We love to nest and this is the beginning of that behaviour for … Continue reading
Teaching Sex Education By Age
Some of the best conversations about sex, biology and gender was when my older children were 6, 5, and 3 years old and I was having another baby. They would happily draw pictures of sperm and eggs after we had … Continue reading
Socialization: It’s More Than Just Having Friends
When families homeschool, parents are often asked the question, “What about socialization?” Many people are fine with the academic achievement of homeschooling but worry that children who do not go to school to interact with the same aged peers daily, … Continue reading
Gift Giving from the Heart and Hands (instead of the wallet)
Last Christmas, I had enough of shopping. With five children in the family, even with buying only one present to each other, there would have been 49 gifts to shop, pay for and eventually add to the inevitable mound in … Continue reading
Peaceful Parenting With Differing Parenting Styles
Parenting can be a real challenge for partners who don’t always agree in their parenting styles. Luckily, there are some tips for a more peaceful atmosphere at home. 1.Striving for a united front is difficult. Let’s imagine that you … Continue reading
8 Parenting Myths Not Grounded in Research
There are always some common parenting myths that seem to pop up as questions in my classes of teaching parenting over the last twenty years. I am constantly amazed at how wide-spread they are across North America and Europe. There … Continue reading
Advice from New Parents to New Parents
We asked new parents what would be the advice from others that they wished to hear and thought was the best, most relevant advice. They responded below: Ask for help Hire help if you can. Ask for help and be … Continue reading
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