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
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Resilience Activities – 9 Resilience Building Activities for Parents to do with Kids
One of the primary character strengths we work to build with Bounceback Parenting® is resilience. This vital quality is what allows people to make it through challenges and come out stronger than they were before. Today we have Dominic Chapman, a dad to twins, resilience teacher and founder of [...]Continue Reading
The No Rescue Policy: Why it’s Time
Have a totally forgetful kid? This post is for you. Today we welcome back Amy McCready, positive parenting author and educator. I refer to Amy's book, The Me, Me, Me Epidemic in my post on how I'm dealing with entitlement in my family, and she's written this as a follow up for us on a positive [...]Continue Reading
Body Safety Education – Books to Help Prevent Sexual Abuse
In 64 Positive Things to Say to Kids you'll find the phrases "Your body is your own." and, "You have say over your body." These phrases begin building a foundation of empowerment and consent when it comes to our kids' bodies. This empowerment is a part of preventing sexual abuse and giving a place [...]Continue Reading
My Journey Towards Un-Entitled Kids
I had ask my then 7 year old to clean up the train tracks in the living room and was met with tears and,"Uuuhhggg! That's torture!" as he rolled around on the floor, apparently writhing in pain. It was so ridiculous that I'd usually find it funny, but at that moment I was so filled with anger at his [...]Continue Reading
Offering Support During Angry or Sad Emotions
Since writing about trusting our kids emotions, I've been thinking more about the difficulty of staying present with people in pain. If we can manage to stay, we can support growth and healing, but how can we sit by while someone hurts? Think of your own experience - haven't you had a moment when [...]Continue Reading
