Do you feel like you have support for your positive parenting style?It can be exhausting to face criticism of your parenting at every turn. Sometimes it’s extremely lonely if you’re the one breaking patterns in your generation. Your parenting choices might be totally different from people in [...]Continue Reading
positive parenting
Relationship Repair: Six Ways to Rebuild Connection with Kids and Teens
Stress can take a serious toll on our relationships. We can get into a painful cycle of rupture and reaction that feels impossible to get out of. Is repair even possible at this point? YES. Best selling author Rachel Macy Stafford tells us how. This post contains affiliate links and I may be [...]Continue Reading
7 Things Upset Kids Want But May Not Tell You
This post contains affiliate links and I may receive compensation for qualifying purchases.Sometimes I'm at a loss as to what to say when my kids are upset. They both seem to need me and be pushing me away at the same time. That's where the work of adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Ashley Miller, and [...]Continue Reading
3 Steps to Help Kids Handle Anxiety About Coronavirus
With the world in the grips of a novel Coronavirus pandemic it's a little hard to stay in a calm headspace, so I decided I wanted to take this chance to talk about how we can handle the stress that's bubbling up. First I'll go through how you can talk with kids about anxiety they may have, then in a [...]Continue Reading
How to Deal With an Aggressive Toddler – 3 Calming Steps
How can you deal with an aggressive toddler in an emotionally healthy way?Few behaviors bring up so much emotion and potential confusion as aggression in our kids.We want to keep our cool, but often inside, alarms bells are ringing, flinging us into an unhelpful emotional state [...]Continue Reading
What is gratitude for kids? How to teach thankfulness using the Four Parts of Gratitude
Bounceback Parenting's Grateful Family Pack has activities and conversation/journal prompts designed to support teaching all four parts of gratitude. You can find out more and purchase your own Grateful Family Pack here.If you're looking for a definition of gratitude for kids, you'll find that [...]Continue Reading