Do your kids nag, complain, or whine about rules and limits? Do they attempt to negotiate or beg for more TV, candy, toys, or playt...

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 ...

Conscious parenting has no tricks to follow - only a path led by your heart and intuition.  Development takes time. Maturity is achie...

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

Pleeeeeease STOP hurting the cat! Don't squeeze the dog! Yes! I've been there - the HITTING stage. Her friends, me, th...

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...

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

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...

Have you ever felt stuck teet ering be tween punitive and permissive and not sure how to get out of it? Does it seem like if you d...

Have you ever gone through one of those phases where your child finds fault with everything you do - no matter what? Or, does it ev...

T oddler problems? I remember a very stressful time when my daughter was young, and we were planning a cross-country move.  Not on...

I recently had to take the time to step back from work, the holiday scramble , and all those things that had me hurrying around leav...

Much of the time, parents and teachers unknowingly spend their efforts focusing on the wrong things - behavior, compliance, rules, ri...

How would you react if your child came home with a behavior chart filled with red and yellow sad faces instead of happy green ones? ...

Children learn more from what we do, and how we make them feel than what we say. Having a high tolerance for age-typical behaviors is ne...