Have you noticed that telling/demanding your child to “calm down” doesn’t really work? Shoot- if I was the one who was all worked up, I wouldn’t like it if someone yelled “CALM DOWN” at me! So instead, breathing deeply, an established and widely accepted method to calm down, works but that doesn’t sound … More Calming Down
I love me some Daniel Tiger, like if I had to choose only one show for my child to watch the rest of her developing life it would be Daniel Tiger, it gives them tools to be kind respectful children and later adults. I love the Daniel Tiger jingle “It’s almost time to go, so … More How To Get Your Kids to Stop Something
Here’s the deal: I used to be an angry mom. I took every act of disobedience as a personal attack against me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still no where near perfect, but these days I’m a lot less stressed and offended. I USED to think “If I don’t make a big deal of my … More Monday Motivation (Competition or Stewards?)
“How much longer do we have to wait” …. “Are we there YET?” ….”2 more minutes and then you need to clean up”….. Sound Familiar? My friends, meet the free Children’s Countdown Timer! It’ll help with all the above scenarios and more. Kids, while cute as they can be 🙂 , haven’t developed a sense of … More Helps with the “How much longer?”
Do you listen to the Mom Struggling Well podcast?! If not…. YOU NEED TO! And this episode is the one that has had the GREATEST impact on my parenting because Jim & Lynne give ACTUAL SPECIFIC advice on how to handle realistic situations that translate to other parenting areas you experience. This podcast episode helped … More Hands Down- #1 Podcast That Has Shaped My Parenting
This is by no means a glamorous picture, #real-life, but I wanted to show you how I keep my busy bags/ travel activities organized and ready to be thrown in my purse on our way out the door. Why so many activities? You ask. The key to toddlers is novelty-ish. So rotating things around keeps … More How I Organize Our Travel/ Busy Activities
Anyone’s kids afraid of ⛈thunderstorms? 🙋 This book has been a turning point for us! The end of the book talks about how ONLY God can tell the wind and the waves what to do, and Jesus just did those things, so he must be God! When my little one starts to be afraid … More Afraid of Storms?
Soon many of our kids will be starting school/daycare for the first time, or going to a new school/ daycare, having a new schedule, or have upcoming travel for the holiday season and a visual schedule can help calm anxieties and give them clear expectations for with their day/week will look like. This can be … More Visual Schedules
This has been hugely helpful to us lately! I scoured the internet to find a Fruits of the Spirit poster that depicted the actual words and not pieces of fruit and couldn’t find one, so I made my own 😉 I took an old picture frame, painted the glass with chalkboard paint, and voila! (We … More Combat Whining, Tantrums, & Rudeness
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