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Positive Parenting: A New Spin on “NO!”

By Kirsten on February 22, 2011 in 60 Second Tips, Featured Content, parenting postive, Parenting Skills, Positive Parenting, Raising Children, Tantrums, Toddler Talk

As I was driving down the street the other day with my kids in the car, my 2 1/2-year-old, Xander, piped up and said, “Mom I want to go get ice cream!” This wasn’t in my plans for the day, so I replied, “No, Honey. Not today.” A few blocks down the street Xander said, [...]

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60 Second Parenting: Weekly Twitter Updates

By Kirsten on February 13, 2011 in 60 Second Tips, Positive Parenting, Raising Children, Toddler Talk, Uncategorized

Making brownies w/ my 4-yo and 2-yo. Consensus reached by boys “This looks like sloppy poop Mom!” Mmmm… # “Behind every communication problem is a sweaty ten-minute conversation that you don’t want to have.” ~ Gay… http://fb.me/CFMgXXjp # Had fun watching my 4-yo completely lost in his own world while playing with four balloons… # [...]

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