Topic: Anger; Yours & Theirs In this week’s Talk to me Tuesday, we chatted about Anger – Yours and Theirs. Anger is challenging to deal with, whether it’s your own anger or your child’s. However, it is a normal emotion, just like sadness, happiness, or frustration and we need to allow ourselves and our children …
Topic: How to Get Kids to Listen On this week’s Talk to me Tuesday, we talked about getting kids to listen. Before I jump into some parenting tips and essential oil suggestions, I asked what does “not listening” really mean? Sometimes we use “not listening” as a blanket term to describe a variety of challenges …
Topic: Playfulness July 21st Facebook Live for Talk To me Tuesday was a bit different. I didn’t have anything planned, and I didn’t have any questions to direct the topic of the night. So, I decided to choose a topic by randomly selecting a card from the Parenting Essentials Deck. The card I selected was …
TOPIC: Calming an Upset Child Has this ever happened to you? You’re at the store with your child and all of a sudden they break into a major meltdown? You try to quiet them, you try to reason with them, but nothing you do is successful in getting them to stop this public display. You …
TOPIC: CHORES AND CONTRIBUTION On this week’s Talk to me Tuesday, we talked about chores and contributions. Participation in activities that help the household, classroom, group or community function is an integral part of building our sense of belonging (connection) and significance (importance). It helps us develop our social interest (care for others) which has …
