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Author :: Kelly Nault  |
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| Article Title :: Potty Training Tips For Stubborn Children That Work! |
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| “Plop. Plop. Fizz. Fizz. Oh, what a relief it is.”
—Old Potty Training Song
Many moms are not experiencing relief when their stubborn child resists potty
training all together. With the laundry piling up and the cost of pull-ups
eating away at the weekly budget, it's no wonder many parents feel like they're
ready to flush those unsuccessful potty training techniques down the toilet! I
receive at least one email a week from a mom in the parenting “deep end” asking
for suggestions in this area.
Child-Tested Potty Training Tips for Stubborn ChildrenHere are my top seven tips for potty training stubborn children:
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Advice: How to Cripple Your Kid |
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| I once had a family come in with a teenage boy that was out of control, spoiled, with no respect.How could he not be that way?The next two stories explained it all to me.This was a wealthy family. The parents had sent there son to get some money out of the ATM machine with their card. Then they forgot about giving him the card. Three months and twenty five thousand dollars later they asked him about it.Now, my first thought was I would like to get to the place in life where I did not miss twenty five thousand dollars for three months.The story continues though. When they came in, they had already bought him a brand new car which he totaled. And th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Kelly Nault |
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| Article Title :: Kids Spanked Over The Knee-Good Idea Or Bad? |
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| When we are in the “deep end” of parenting—at the end of our rope—we will grasp
at the first thing we think of to stop our child’s misbehavior. When our kids
are pushing every button we have (and even some we didn’t know we had), spanking
kids over the knee may seem like a good idea to get them to REALLY learn from
their mistakes. But does it work?
No doubt about it, spanking can interrupt misbehavior you don’t like. If you are
a mom who has ever yelled, spanked or punished your child, you can join the
other millions of moms out there. And after you have punished your child, do you
ever experience that wee bit of satisfaction that comes from feeling (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Kelly Nault |
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| Article Title :: Behavior Strategies to Use At Home |
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| It's a fact: parenting is the most demanding job on earth! If you have ever
thought about handing in your parenting resignation letter after a particularly trying day
with the kids, you're not alone. Fortunately, having effective behavior
strategies to use at home can mean the difference between thriving in your job
as parent or struggling through days and weeks of conflict, chaos and
frustration.
We need a license to drive, a license to get married, even a license to fish!
Yet anyone who can conceive, can parent. Or can they?
Times have changed and parenting today requires different skills than it did
only decades ago. The good news is that these beha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Kelly Nault |
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| Article Title :: Bedtime and Kids: Is The Best Discipline Spanking? |
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| Parenting Question
“Kelly, I’ve got five words for you: bedtime, kids, discipline, spanking and
HELP! Our two sons are next to impossible to get to bed at night, and in the
last while we’ve started spanking them. We’ve always threatened to, but really
didn’t have to follow through. But when it started taking over 90 minutes to get
them to bed, enough was enough! Now they are trying to hit us back, run around
and it’s exhausting. I don’t know if you can help, but I would like to know what
you might suggest.—Frustrated Mom (and Dad)”
Positive Parenting Tip for Bedtime and Kids
Dear Frustrated Mom:
Soun (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Ellen Mossman-Glazer |
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| Article Title :: Social Skills Training for Parents and Educators: 10 Tips To Work with Your Own Emotions |
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| Your success in working with people, and especially with your challenging loved ones, is tied to how emotionally intelligent you operate. Keep these tips in mind as you interact with others, in particular if there is a diagnosis, such as Asperger Syndrome or ADHD, where behavior change is a primary goal. By first understanding and working with your own feelings, you can set the stage for magical results with the very challenging people in your life!1. Know your feelings - and how strong they may be - before you get into action with your challenging people.2. Make behavior decisions that you will feel proud of. Your style will be their style. "They" learn by watching you and (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Susan Yurek |
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| Article Title :: Safely Feeding our Children |
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| There are wonderful articles about the growing organic food industry that discuss feeding children responsibly. Young mothers, in particular those choosing to pulverize their own recipes for their babies, are embracing new lines of organic baby food. Peek into their fridges and you'll find organic milk, cheeses, and farm stand, organic or home grown fruits and vegetables.I must say my own daughters ate our table food and home grown organic vegetables (carefully selected of course), that were pulverized into baby food consistency. My girls not only thrived, but had well developed palettes at a young age.The primary concern is the abundance of added industrial chemicals, hormo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Dionna Sanchez |
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| Article Title :: A Kinder and Gentler Family |
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| Citizenship, generosity, manners. Where do we learn them? Home? School? Church?I think most of us would say home. Then why is it that when we are at home, our mouths and manners are at their lowest?You know what I’m talking about. Your son is sarcastic and mouthy. Or your daughter procrastinates before she obeys. How are we supposed to feel loved, treasured, and special when behaviors are lousy in our homes? Moms, we aren’t blameless ourselves either! When was the last time we used the words, “dumb”, or “stupid,” even if only aimed at a TV?It’s not surprising that we’ve slacked off the way the world is today. It’s so common to forget about (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Natalie Tucker Miller |
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| Article Title :: Family as Sit-Com: What's the Message? |
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| As I perused the comic section of an unfamiliar newspaper while on a recent trip, I was baffled by the way a married couple was being portrayed in an otherwise seemingly modern comic strip. Hurling insults, overt disrespect, one-upmanship, sophomoric come-backs. I found myself thinking, "Even Andy Capp and The Lockhorns weren't THAT obnoxious".When I approached the final frame, I realized what I was reading wasn't about a romantic couple, but a couple of siblings. Although the content then made a bit more sense, it occurred to me that we've got some serious work to do in the area of humor.Where have you been getting your humor messages? Comics? Tv? Movies? Like so (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: George Wilder |
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| Article Title :: Parenting, A Full Time Job |
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| When I first became a single dad of a two and a half-year-old energetic baby boy, I knew that it was not going to be a piece of cake. however, I did not think that I would lose two jobs and get fired from another because of him. But I did. I never ventured out to be a stay-at-home dad. But, being at home with my son was something I soon learned to appreciate. At first I was wondering, what would others think of me, a very healthy and strong mature man sitting around the house everday? However, it was not just sitting around the house everyday, I was going to the supermarket, cooking, washing dishes, doing the launday changing diapers,disciplining, teaching, soon getting my son off to sch (read full article) |
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