As the days get longer I begin to get as antsy as the kids for the freedom of summer. I long for the relaxed summer days I loved as a kid. The problem is, sometimes all that freedom turns into frustration and crankiness when nobody knows what's next and everyone gets bored. Luckily, in the past [...]Continue Reading
Red Flag Words – How to understand what your child really needs
As the end of the school year neared, both of my sons struggled with final projects. It was exhausting to have evenings filled with arguments about why they couldn't possible get their work done. This was particularly bad one evening last week with one boy morosely sitting at the table not working [...]Continue Reading
How Mistakes Can Strengthen Our Families
I used to have a very hard time seeing anything but the ways I had failed when I faced struggles as a parent. If I was dealing with siblings fighting, I figured it was because I had done everything wrong and failed to teach the kids to get along. If one of my kids struggled to focus when [...]Continue Reading
Bite-Sized Self-Care
One of the biggest myths that keeps us from nurturing ourselves as parents is the notion that self-care takes a lot of time. Sure, long kid-free hours to relax can be lovely, however, they can be very difficult to arrange. One way to make self-care part of your daily life is to begin looking for [...]Continue Reading
A Mantra for the Most Overwhelming Days
For the month of March, Bounceback Texts are focusing on reducing overwhelm. One of the keys to reducing this terrible feeling is changing your mindset, and that's what the mantra in this post can help you do. Sometimes overwhelm creeps up on me. It happens most often when I get wrapped up in all [...]Continue Reading
Three Exercises for Overcoming the Negative Thought Patterns that Trigger Anger
Today we welcome Rebecca Eanes, author and positive parenting educator, who has a new workbook she's just released that gives you practical exercises to become the positive parent you'd like to be. The following excerpt comes from her new workbook and teaches about changing negative thought [...]Continue Reading
