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Connie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Unruffled, calm, and matter-of-fact are words I often use to help parents understand that intense responses to their kids’ behavior tend to backfire. Our children need to know that their parents and caregivers are not thrown by their minor misdeeds, so they can rest assured that they are well taken care of and not more powerful than the leaders the
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Farnam Street • Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting [The Knowledge Project Ep. #52]
The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition
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It’s very hard to learn to tell an uncomfortable truth. We help our children face up to this challenge when we minimize the accusations, let them know we understand how they feel, and show them how to make amends.
Joanna Faber • How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 (The How To Talk Series)
Instead, it is by knowing what the child is doing that one protects him. If it’s studying that is the issue, one tells the child that that is his task, and one lets him know that one is ready to assist him whenever he has the urge to study.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
You are the expert on your baby. You are uniquely positioned to experiment,
Pamela Douglas • The Discontented Little Baby Book
At Garfield Elementary, kindergartners sit in a circle and discuss conflicts with parents at home and how to respond to them. “Mommy, I don’t like when you scream at me,” a five-year-old boy learns to express through role play, with help from his peers.