Discipline

The Hippie Housewife talks behaviour modification

August 17, 2009




Sometimes life just doesn't leave a lot of time for blogging. As has been the case in the past, I just don't have the time right now to dedicate to all of the fabulously interesting and insightful things I would like to write. In all seriousness, I do have a few things planned that I [...]

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Beyond the Baby B's: Attachment Through Play

April 2, 2009




Nothing was easier, more intuitive for me than the Baby Bs: breastfeeding, babywearing, bedding with baby, and so on.  Attachment parenting an infant was simple. Keep that child close, and all is well.  But then what. When a child becomes mobile, become verbal, thing are suddenly so much more complicated. Sure, many of the principles [...]

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Behavioural Targeting Fail

March 24, 2009




I was checking out my stats on eWebCounter just a moment ago and could not believe the three ads I was staring at in the Google Ads bar on the left side. If you know me at all, you'll know that this was a total behavioural targeting fail. Not a chance. Nope. No Thanks.

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Showing Appreciation for Underappreciated Posts

January 1, 2009




For my first blog post of the New Year, I have decided to give back to my followers. I asked on twitter for people to send me links to their underappreciated posts from 2008. Things that they wrote that didn't get the exposure or recognition that they deserved. I am using this post to give [...]

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Why Time-Outs Don't Work (Wordless Wednesday)

November 5, 2008




This post used to contain a great comic from Pooch Cafe. However, they only allow their comic to be shared free of charge on the day that it is in the paper. So, since you are coming across this later and since I don't have the money to pay for you to view the comic, [...]

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10 Things All New Parents Should Know

August 4, 2008




As parents, we've all made mistakes. We've all seen other parents make mistakes. In some cases, the mistakes are due to poor information and in other cases just poor judgement. The poor judgement part is, in my mind, just part of learning the art of parenting. It is something you learn through experience and by [...]

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Book Review: The Discipline Book (by William Sears, M.D and Martha Sears, R.N)

June 22, 2008




This is the first of what I hope will be many book reviews of parenting books that I have read. I hope to include ones that I loved, ones that I hated and ones that I was unsure about. Enjoy and feel free to add your thoughts on the books or ask me questions if [...]

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New reason why punishment doesn't work: the law!

June 20, 2008




From the research that I've done, I'll well aware that using punishment to discipline children is not very effective and can be damaging. Some of the reasons I've learned in the past include: REASON #1- PUNISHMENT ONLY HAS A SHORT TERM EFFECT: Parents that punish their children have to do it over and over again. The [...]

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The effect of shame

June 8, 2008




Parents like us that don't spank, need to find other alternatives for discipline. However, it is important to remember that verbal abuse can be as detrimental as physical abuse and we need to choose our words carefully when reacting to our children's behaviour. You're stupid What a baby That was really dumb You're a bad [...]

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When all else fails….

May 27, 2008




I've done a lot of reading about discipline. I know that I will never spank my children (see Project No Spank or Dr. Sears' 10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Child to understand why). I will not belittle my children or otherwise verbally abuse them. I've learned a lot from books that I've read on how [...]

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