5 Tips for Managing Meltdowns and Taming Tantrums
Sometimes you can see your child’s meltdown coming from a mile away. Your child is hungry and tired. You’re trying to get dinner on the table, but you keep getting interrupted and it’s getting late. Suddenly one kid rips a…
Peaceful and Present: Keys to Emotionally Engaging Children in the Midst of Busy Mom Life
Do you feel busy? Haha, okay just kidding. Of course you do! If you’re a mom of young kids, I’m not sure there’s any other way to be! EVEN if the commitments on your calendar are not overwhelming, just being…
Teaching Kids to be Thankful for Gifts at Christmas
Christmas time can be so much fun, but it also seems like it can highlight some unflattering qualities in our children… qualities like, oh I don’t know, greed, ingratitude, and selfishness to name a few. While it’s not pleasant to…
Raising Thankful Kids in a Materialistic World
Our culture values stuff. We are bombarded constantly with subliminal and overt messages that are telling us that we need more stuff. In the face of this epidemic consumerism, how do we still raise content, thankful children? How do we…
16 Ways to Fill Your Child’s Love Tank
Sometimes I find that in the business of life I look back over a day and realize that even though I had my kids with me all day, I wasn’t really connecting with them. Building a healthy attachment is one…
Teaching Children to Manage Big Emotions
Emotional regulation is a big focus in our home. Is that weird? Maybe it’s just that we have more mood swings *ahem* fluctuating emotions in our home than some. At any rate, I personally believe that teaching your children to…
