Healthy Discipline and Setting Limits with Children Archives

Setting Limits as a Family

Friday, April 25 2014

I was just reflecting on how much progress my family has made with the listening tools. Yesterday, I was working late, and my au pair (from Mexico) was eating dinner with my children and getting

Setting Limits and Creating Connection Around Nap Time

Wednesday, November 20 2013

I invited my kids to my room for a nap after lunch. I told them I would get their mattresses and place them by the side of our bed and we all would rest together. It sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? But as you know by now, I don’t write fairy tales.

A Journey into a Tantrum (and how to let them offload)

Friday, September 27 2013

When a child is crying we need to show that we are in this together with her and that she will cross over through pain, sadness, and anger and will arrive on the other side feeling much better.

A Big Cry Over a Little Sprinkle

Tuesday, September 10 2013

Sometimes, in our house, it’s fine to eat candy. Sometimes — like when it’s 30 minutes before bedtime and we’ve already had sweets earlier in the evening — it’s not. My five year old daughter was really, really wanting to have candy at 8:30 p.m. one night, and I felt pretty clear that it was not the right time for such a thing.

Setting Limits Helped My Daughter Cooperate Willingly

Friday, August 23 2013

Setting Limits With Kristen Volk My six year old daughter seemed fine when she came home from school. Her nine year old brother had been sick for three days and I was looking forward to

My Journey to Parenting by Connection

Thursday, August 22 2013

I’m the mom of a young son, who has been my greatest teacher in life and has guided me to my deepest passion, parenting! My work in Theater from the time I was a little

A Shark Attack on my Child’s Feelings

Sunday, April 7 2013

I took my boys, 6 and 7, to the Museum of Natural History to see a 3D movies about marine dinosaurs. The youngest is especially sensitive to traumatic events in movies and games, so I

Screen Time Becomes Connection Time

Thursday, March 28 2013

As my son grows older the draw towards video games is getting stronger and stronger, and so is the family struggle over them. I started to notice the tension and frustration around video games increasing

My Daughter’s World Becomes Safer

Sunday, March 3 2013

Helping children with fears this way allows them to feel and share their feelings while at the same time they are truly safe.

Listening Helps Calm My Grandson’s Fears

Saturday, March 2 2013

When our grandson was one, and just walking, we convinced his parents to let us babysit so they could have a night out. They were quite nervous because they did not like to hear their

Listening Helps When Taking Kids Grocery Shopping

Tuesday, February 26 2013

Everything went well until we got to the checkout line and he asked for gum. I said no and he began to have a full blown tantrum, I was completely overwhelmed with the baby, the groceries and him. So I bought the gum. All the way home, I kept saying to myself, “You are being controlled by a child! This can only get worse.”

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