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Physical Activity Ideas with Pool Noodles and Beach Balls
Here are some great physical activity ideas from Head Start Body Start for parents to do with their children, pool noodles and beach balls. Pool Noodles Tunnel Fun: Line up a few chairs facing each other, a few feet apart. Lay pool noodles across the chairs to make a tunnel. Children can crawl underneath the [...]
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Why does my kid get up so early? (And, how do I make it stop?!?!)
I think this is the single question I get the most often as a sleep coach, and it makes a lot of sense. Early rising is usually the first thing to go wrong when a child is having sleep problems, and it’s the last thing to improve in the sleep coaching process. Plus, it’s NO [...]
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How to Handle Relatives Who Are Hurtful
Last week I read a few posts about dealing with family members who were rude, hurtful, and gossipy. It’s all too common, and makes me think of a letter I recently wrote to myself: Dear Me, This week was rough. People said unkind things to me and to those I love. I wanted to yell [...]
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WHY ORGANIC?
Has a trip to the grocery store ever left you wondering: Is buying organic really worth the higher price? And what does “all natural” really mean anyway? The variety of “green” products has skyrocketed with options ranging from organic skincare lines to biodynamically grown jams. No wonder consumers are confused by the terminology and benefits [...]
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Confrontation: Sounds scary, but does it have to be?
You’re standing at the bottom of the stairs with your face tilted up towards the second floor. You’ve been standing like that for about 20 seconds, thinking about your next move (………). It’s time for your son to be done with his computer time and move on to his homework. Even before you say the [...]
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5 Tips for Fighting Productively with Your Spouse
Many couples think that love means never disagreeing. They actually think that if they fight, their love is coming to an end. Oh, how untrue! Disagreements are healthy, and happen to every couple. You actually get closer when you resolve disagreements. The problem is, most couples don’t resolve things; they have the same fight over [...]
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Let’s Agree to Stop Using the Threat
Often, parents at their wits end throw out threats like “if you don’t do [this] then you won’t get [that]!” How often does this work for you? Typically, your child gets upset, has a tantrum, they don’t do what you’ve asked them to do, and they don’t get the thing they wanted to get. I’ve [...]
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Keeping your cool- How do you actually do it?
So much of current parenting lore, advice and protocol centers on the idea that you should be able to control your emotions and generally present a calm demeanor to your kids. I’ve certainly touched on it in other posts and have read it more times than I can count in parenting books and articles. But [...]
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How To Stop Dumping Your Stress Onto Your Kids
Now that the holidays are over and you’re back in the swing of things has the stress of life returned? Are rushed days triggering short fuses again? Is the joy of the holidays still with you or are you working hard, feeling frustrated, sad, tired and maybe angry? Has the stress begun to leak on [...]
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My Resolution: Getting Better Behavior Without Yelling
Have you ever said this to a friend or felt this way about your spouse? “Every time he (dad) or she (mom) has to deal with the kids he/she ends up getting into a power struggle or argument with the kids. There’s always a threat involved, “if you don’t…then you won’t. The kids react badly [...]
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