Whenever we label our children, we severely limit their space. Right now i am re-reading chapter 7 of Scream Free Parenting by Hal Runkel (the book I reviewed on Saturday) and found something I terribly need to work on. Whenever we label our children, we severely limit their space. I had never thought of this
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One Tuesday morning while at story time Abby had a meltdown. Not a normal one, she was really terrified of what the books were about this particular week…..monsters. Every fear your child has you will probably end up dealing with in a different way. Some get better with time, some just fade away, some with
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My sister in law recommended a website to me. www.kidsoffthecouch.com You can sign up for a free newsletter where they send you an idea to do as a family. The idea always includes a movie and an activity to go along with the movie. It also gives you tips/discussion ideas about the movies to talk
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Scream Free Parenting by Hal Runkel I discovered this author one morning on my local radio show. He used to do a spot right after my husband’s radio spot (www.dogbehavioronline.com) and I decided to check out his book. Some of my friend’s had heard of him through the Today show, where he has appeared a
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The best parenting advice I ever received was from a Dad on Oprah. It was almost 5 years ago that I heard it. It was when Oprah’s DVD Boxed Set came out…The Best of Oprah, I think. A wife walked in our her husband (a very rugged, mans man, cowboy guy) watching Oprah, crying. She
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One of the greatest teaching tools to me is books. When you are teaching your children something you can always tell when they have that “ah ha!” moment. This happens a lot with us when we are reading a book. These are some books that have helped me teach my daughter about her feelings and
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Singing With Your Children My daughter sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for the first time this week with no help. It almost made me cry, Ok you got me…maybe it did, but just a little It is definitely going down in her baby book. She loves to sing, usually we sing while we make our
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What is one of the single things you as a parent can do that will provide your child with a sense of belonging, connectedness, security, stability, pride in their heritage and family? Family Traditions Creating them now and faithfully repeating them throughout your children’s lives will supply you with many great family memories. Growing up
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Teaching Your Children the Importance of Saftey Around Dogs Here are a couple quick videos of my daughter with our dogs, we have been teaching her from day one how to treat them, and they love her so much. My husband is a dog trainer (Ty Brown http://www.communicanine.netand http://www.dogbehavioronline.com/) and one of his pet peeves
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My Grandpa gave me such a great idea for a Family Activity the other day. It will be perfect for the weather, which is going to be cold and rainy (spring please come!). We have had such a busy week that it will be nice just to do a relaxing activity, that does not take
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