You may have heard about helping kids have a growth mindset. This idea, discovered by Psychologist Carol Dweck, is simple, yet has huge effects on people's learning, motivation and ability to succeed. In short, a growth mindset means having the belief that everyone can learn and grow starting right [...]Continue Reading
How to Build a Habit of Listening to Your Kids
To be listened to is to be validated for who you are. Sometimes the only thing we need is that one person who will truly listen and hear what we need to say. They don’t need to solve it for us or give advice - we just need to be listened to and accepted in order to access our own ability to [...]Continue Reading
Gratitude Sprinkler Experiment – can we change complaints to gratitude?
I started an experiment a couple weeks ago: whenever one of my kids starts randomly complaining to me, I am randomly making gratitude statements. Just spewing them out. I'm grateful this! I'm grateful that! I become like a gratitude sprinkler. So yesterday my daughter was complaining about an [...]Continue Reading
Five Power Words To Make Your Kids Confident
As a children grow, it's often their parents who form and shape their self-confidence. As your child learned to walk, you were probably there on the sidelines offering encouragement and comfort when they fell. By way of perseverance, your child learned the skill after many attempts. Children learn [...]Continue Reading
5 Revolutionary Tips to Make Your Mornings with Kids Less Chaotic and Frustrating
If you're sick of stressful mornings with your child, you're not alone, but we've got help for you! Use these tips to make a morning routine for your child that helps you get out the door with ease. This post includes affiliate links. Bounceback Parenting is a proud partner of the Superkids Movement [...]Continue Reading
Parenting Secret Mission: Rediscovering Respect
Your mission this month will strengthen the foundations of good communication in your family and lead to more responsible, respectful kids. You mission: Rediscover respect. Why Rediscover Respect? Respect is something we tend to understand in it's absence - noticing when someone has [...]Continue Reading
