Playful Parenting: The Vigorous Snuggle
When one reasonable request doesn’t get through to our children, it’s time for an entirely new tactic. We propose the vigorous snuggle!
When one reasonable request doesn’t get through to our children, it’s time for an entirely new tactic. We propose the vigorous snuggle!
She kept forcefully resisting me when I would try to get her lie her down on her changing pad.
Why was I plagued by thoughts of my less-than-ideal childhood when I should be enjoying my daughter’s happy one?
It is so nice to see her leaving with a smile instead of sadness.
This whole situation demonstrates so clearly how the listening tools in Parenting by Connection all work together.
My yelping and running gets him laughing and playing hard.
…it even helped me, too, dispel the unpleasant memory of standing by powerlessly while she cried for me to help her.