Naomi, mother of 5-year old fraternal sons Zachary and Samuel, wrote and asked for advice on how to work more smoothly with her children. She then read PEACEFUL PARENTING® and shared the following success story:
“My boys are great kids. But our home use to have quite a ... Views: 1513
The best place to observe the wide range of parental discipline styles is any grocery store between the evening hours of four and seven. Here you will hear one mother screaming at her whining toddler, one father threatening to withdraw a privilege from his nine-year old who is not paying the ... Views: 1425
When your teenage son tells you that he is going to a friend's house to spend Saturday evening, how do you know he is where he tells you? When your daughter wakes up on a school day morning complaining of not feeling well, and you know she has a math test she has been worrying about, how do you ... Views: 1637
Answering the knock on my back door one afternoon, I faced a woman new to me. “I want you to make your sons stop bullying my son,” she stated simply.
I was shocked. My children were not bullies. I could see her car parked in the street with her son sitting in the passenger seat. I then ... Views: 1594
Most children are not sharers naturally. They do not come into the world ready, willing and able to share. There are those wonderful, rare exceptions (My own twin sons are an example. But then they started out sharing a womb so maybe that contributed to the idea of sharing.)
Children are born ... Views: 1833
How do you describe your job as a parent? Do the tasks include protector and supporter providing food, warmth, and comfort? Do you see yourself as the guide and advisor for your child as she moves from childhood, through adolescents and into young adulthood? No matter what your child’s age or ... Views: 1950
Peaceful Parenting® ideas are very different from other kinds of parenting practices that you have learned or read about. Certainly it is harder to practice Peaceful Parenting® than to simply threaten or bribe your child into following your directions or making what you consider to be the ... Views: 1773