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Showing posts with label discipline strategies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discipline strategies. Show all posts

What Kids Really Need to Thrive (How to Create More Cooperation & Connection)

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Do you ever feel like you give, and give, and give only to feel taken advantage of by your kids? If you unconsciously give your k...

Breaking Bad Habits (Getting Back to Basics Part II)

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I want to talk about habits in Part II of our Getting Back to Basics series (see Part I here) . In my Conscious Communication Series ...

Discipline Burnout (Getting Back to Basics)

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Do you ever feel burned out?    Is the stress palpable, and you sense you don't have another ounce of energy to do what needs to b...

What's Wrong With Punitive Consequences?

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In the past, I've shared my opinion about Supernanny . Writing posts like that one both terrifies me and thrills me.  I don't...

What to Do When You Are No Longer Using Punishment

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Have you ever felt at a loss for what to do to make sure your kids learn lessons? Have you traded in punishment for something more em...

Setting Limits On Screen Time

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Have you ever had a video game addiction or a TV obsession? In my early twenties, I was living in Hollywood and my new found f...

Repair and Apologies With Kids Do Not Have To Be Forced

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Sometimes, repair takes its own creative path.   I have refrained (as much as possible) from forcing my child to say "I'm so...

5 Ways You Can Let Natural Consequences Teach

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Do mornings at your house ever sound something like this? Get dressed! You're going to be late. I need you to get your shoe...

My Teenager is Driving Me Crazy

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Does your teen have a habit of saying one thing, and then doing another? Maybe it includes: a few eye rolls constant forgetting r...

What To Do When Kids Are Rude

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Have you ever said the wrong thing? Put your foot in your mouth - unintentionally ?   For me, having Aspergers means I feel safe wit...

Brave the Back-to-School Blues

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  Is it back-to-school time for you and your kids?  How is everyone feeling about the end of summer changes?

Why Do Kids Blame Others?

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She made me do it. He's bothering me! Mooom! She did it AGAIN! Sound familiar? Maybe a little too familiar?   If your childr...

How to Reduce Stress By Grounding Yourself

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When empathy is missing from our primary relationships, we wire up patterns of fear, inadequacy and self-protection. Conflict becomes ruled ...

More Than Just Aspergers - Part I

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Do you have a child with special needs - gifted, sensory processing, autism or developmentally delayed, OCD, ODD, twice exceptional or maybe...

Transforming Judgment

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Do you feel like you try to be empathetic and yet your child's behavior doesn't change ? Are you in the habit of describing...

5 Steps to Peaceful Conflict Resolution

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"But, Lori - what do I do when.... my child won't listen my child is aggressive my child refuses - my child, my child,...

Showing Appreciation

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Have you ever felt judged by others because your child didn't s ay "thank you?" D id that feeling lead you to want to co...

Strengthen Your Relationship to Change Behavior

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Are you stuck in a negative cycle with your kid and no matter what kind of discipline you use - punitive or non-punitive - it seems no...