Case File: Connection Your Parenting Secret Mission: Hold an impromptu Kitchen Dance Party. Of course, sock feet (for good sliding and spinning) and silly moves are encouraged! In our house, one of my personal rules is: If a kid asks me to dance, the answer is always yes. So far, I have [...]Continue Reading
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Return to Happy – Photography with Your Kids Project
Reconnecting through photography You can find the previous photography projects for kids here: Finding Gratitude and the 5 Photo Challenge (seeing the world through your child's eyes) "Mommy are you happy?" We've just finished another time out (there have been so many today that I think I've [...]Continue Reading
5 Tips for Starting New Routines
I think most of us know that routines help make our lives run smoother - that is, until they don't. It's perfectly normal to have to change things up as the kids grow; having to change your routine and cast off what isn't working any more isn't some failure on your part, just growing pains! When [...]Continue Reading
Best Ways to Connect in Just 10 Minutes with Kids of All Ages
Kids NEED connection, they are biologically wired to need it and when they don't get it, chaos starts erupting. When the need for connection is met kids are better able to have patience, to self regulate and to learn. If you would like better behavior and less chaos in your family special time may [...]Continue Reading
22 Simple Joys Not to Miss With Your Baby
This is a list of simple ways to connect and interact with your baby. These are not situations that you need to spend a good deal of time setting up and planning for - just ways to enjoy the opportunities that come naturally during your day for playing with your baby. So much of the love your [...]Continue Reading
100 Ways to be Kind to Your Child
When I wrote this list of 100 Ways to be Kind to Your Child I was in one of those exhausting phases of parenting where days were going by in a blur and I often went to bed feeling defeated and guilty. Thus, these ways to be kind are not complex or fancy; they are basically a reminder to myself of [...]Continue Reading
