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Parenting Inspiration

Parenting Inspiration

Every parent can develop better parenting skills through a cycle of planning, action and reflection.  You have a problem, you find a possible solution, you try it out, and you reflect to see what worked or didn’t work.  The cycle can continue or be cut short, depending on your choice about how to embrace or reject it.

Having problems does not make you a bad parent; they are a natural and inescapable part of family life.  Of course, that doesn’t mean it is easy to deal with them.  In order to maintain a positive attitude, it is important to be in a “learning mode” where we see challenges not as failure or weakness but as opportunities for growth.

As we examine our own behaviours and find better ways to do things, we are able to model and teach our children what we learn.  The articles featured below will share ways you can grow as a parent and/or help your children grow as well.

Common themes in the articles include:

~ fostering relationships based on unconditional love and mutual respect

~ building character through life experiences, intentional activities and discussions, and thoughtful reflection

~ developing emotional intelligence

~ refining communication skills

~ actively engaging in reflection so we can understand, process and build on our experiences

 

Browse the articles:

How Mindfulness Can Help You Better Manage Motherhood

Guest Post by Dr Elise Bialylew  Motherhood is an exhilarating spiritual journey of epic proportions where each day we are faced with the privilege of witnessing our most creative project flourish. That’s on a good day. On a bad day it’s an exhausting, frustrating ride where we are tested beyond our limits through sleep deprivation,… {read more}

5 Questions Every Positive Parent Should Ask Themselves

In Rebecca Eanes’ latest book – The Positive Parenting Workbook: An Interactive Guide for Strengthening Emotional Connection – she writes some advice I wholeheartedly agree with: While it’s tempting to point fingers at our kids, our spouse, or others for the challenges we’re facing at home, it’s essential to take a step back and examine… {read more}

Help for Yellers: Learning to Manage Your Response {+ Printable Daily Reaction Journal}

I have read what feels like a zillion articles on yelling.  I know yelling is bad.  I know it hurts my kids and our relationship.  But here’s a confession: I also haven’t totally stopped yet. Why is that? This is a perfect example of when knowledge and action are not in alignment.  That means knowing a piece of… {read more}

The Kitchen Can Wait

The kitchen can wait, my darling son I know I’ve been busy but now I’m done. The bread’s in the oven, the soup has been made Two things off my list of twenty today. Now the kitchen can wait, the dishes too You’re more important, I promise it’s true. There’s a lot going on, you’ll… {read more}

The Reason Why Parenting Is Hard

A few days ago I had a really rough parenting day.  It wasn’t that anything in particular happened, but it all just seemed to compound at once. The baby woke up with a runny nose (again). I accidentally dropped and broke a plate. I didn’t predict how much my younger son would want a book… {read more}

When my daughter grows up…

When my daughter grows up, she won’t remember how many toys she had. But she will remember if I played with her. When my daughter grows up, she won’t remember if the kitchen was clean. But she will remember if I ate meals with her. When my daughter grows up, she won’t remember if I did… {read more}