Join the Superkids Movement with Me! Can you imagine (or perhaps remember) spending your entire childhood misunderstood and constantly being called things like "picky" "difficult" "messy" or "stubborn"? Or maybe you have a child who could easily fall into one of these labels. I know I do. What [...]Continue Reading
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Top Parenting Books for Positive Parenting
These are the top books for learning about positive parenting. When we decide to look for new parenting tools one of the first things most of us think about is finding a good book to read. Some books below I have only read in part, some all the way through. I tend to be a "gleaner" of parenting [...]Continue Reading
Fun Math – Best Math Board Games that Kids Love
These are the most fun math board games we've found. With kids in 3rd and 6th grade, math is on my mind a lot lately. Specifically - how can I help my kids brush up on math skills and keep it fun? Our family loves board games, so when looking for a fun way to help my kids memorize multiplication [...]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
Just ignore him – sometimes we need to pause before we speak
When I read this story I knew I wanted to share it with more people. This mom's perceptive look at the habits we have in our speech illustrates the value of intentionally adding more positive phrases to say to kids to our repertoire. As she says below - this is not a teacher trying to be negative, [...]Continue Reading
Recommended Resource – Smart but Scattered helps kids and parents reach their potential.
I just discovered Smart but Scattered and I'm thrilled to have stumbled on this book that is giving me so much insight into how to develop my own and my kids abilities to organize, plan, deal with strong emotions, and move towards life goals. These doctors of education emphasize that the [...]Continue Reading
