When I mentioned the big improvement in our family since revamping screen time rules for my kids, I got lots of readers telling me that they too struggle with media and screen time. What works for one family may not work in another, so I've created this post as a resource of ways that various [...]Continue Reading
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Done with the Power Struggles of Time Out
I am furious. I am standing at the kids bedroom door locked in a physical struggle to hold the door closed while my mind is struggling to keep me from slamming the door open into the shrieking child behind it. Thankfully the final shred of my mothering sanity wins and I jerk myself away from the [...]Continue Reading
Books for Parenting Under Pressure
Positive Parenting Book Recommendations You are surrounded by gasoline jug and you are staring at a digital display which reads 1.5 minutes until detonation. Desperately you are attempting to clip three unlabeled wires in the correct order to interrupt detonation.... This past week has felt [...]Continue Reading
