Discipline

3 Rs of Toddler Discipline: Repetition, Reaction, Reassurance

January 6, 2012




When people ask how to discipline their toddler, they are often looking for a silver bullet that will get their toddler to behave or at least stop doing things that are destructive or dangerous. Even I have looked for that magic solution, when all else fails. But it doesn’t exist. Discipline is a path, not [...]

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Toddler Survival 101

December 17, 2011




Time for another great Carnival of Toddlers guest post. I’ve always enjoyed the intelligent perspective that Natasha, Natural Urban Mama, brings to the attachment parenting world on her blog and in her tweets. I finally got to meet her at a conference in Toronto in October and now I’m pleased to welcome her to my [...]

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If there is a silver bullet, your toddler probably hid it

December 15, 2011




I’ve been trying to find a logical and straightforward way to write this post. But it’s complicated, so I’m just going to ramble. I’ve heard a lot of you talk about how difficult the toddler years are. I heard you in my post asking what you find hard about the toddler years, I heard you [...]

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Learning to control your mouth starts in Grade 1

March 28, 2011




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Outsourcing discipline?

February 15, 2011




If you and your kids are a fan of Robert Munsch stories, you’ve probably read Mortimer. Mortimer is a young boy who doesn’t want to go to sleep. He starts singing at the top of his lungs as soon as his mother says goodnight and closes the door. This is followed by his father, his [...]

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Ready to snap

November 19, 2010




In my reader survey, two people asked me very similar questions. Since this evening I was ready to snap, which also tends to heighten my memory of all similar moments in the past, I figured this is as good a time as any to write about it.  Their questions were: I’d love to hear what [...]

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Age three: defiance with a smirk

May 4, 2010




People warn you about the terrible twos.  I tell them two is nothing…wait until you get to three. Maybe it is a case of each child being different or maybe it is a result of how we parent our children. But for me, at age two, a diaper, a breast, a baby carrier, redirection, toys, [...]

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“Because I said so” vs. “You’re not the boss of me”

March 25, 2010




We all know that children very frequently want to do things that their parents don’t want them to do. But when mom or dad says “no,” what makes kids likely to listen and what makes them likely to disobey? A new study used child characters in role-playing situations and asked children aged four to seven [...]

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IComLeavWe: Day 6

November 26, 2009




It is the second to last day of IComLeavWe on speed. As I make my way through over 100 blogs this week, reconnecting and leaving comments, I hope to feature a couple of posts each day and also list the posts that I commented on. Featured post – Do you parent differently in public? How [...]

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Pregnancy and Parenting Books

August 28, 2009




About a year ago, a reader asked me if I would be willing to share a list of my favourite parenting books. I said “sure” and that is when I started working on page called My Parenting Library. Last night I finally found the time to finish an initial version of it. My Parenting Library [...]

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