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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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Why I Don’t Spank

December 18, 2009




I’m taking a little bloggy vacation this week and letting you all be entertained by some of my favourite bloggers. This is a post by fellow Canadian blogger Amber from Strocel.com. She is the Queen of commenting on other people’s blogs, so please show her some comment love here and on her blog. Before I [...]

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Spank Out Day

April 30, 2009




Apparently April 30 is Spank Out Day USA.  It was initiated in 1998 to give widespread attention to the need to end corporal punishment of children and to promote non-violent ways of teaching children appropriate behavior. As my contribution, I offer up these two posts: Best anti-spanking resources:  A summary of and link to some [...]

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Best anti-spanking resources

November 4, 2008




I know that I am often preaching the the choir here. Many of my readers have similar values and parenting approaches to me. However, we are all often in situations where we want to be able to share rational arguments in support of non-violent parenting to those that may not be aware of the consequences [...]

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My Discipline Spectrum

October 20, 2008




Often when I hear people talk about their discipline style it sounds unrealistic or ineffective. I haven’t read or heard any single approach to discipline that really made perfect sense to me. There are elements of many approaches that I like and elements of others that I abhor. Rather than taking one approach and running [...]

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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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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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