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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:

100 Ways to Support Myself During Quarantine {Free Printable}

100 Ways to Support Myself During Quarantine {Free Printable}

I’ve seen a lot of articles shared on social media lately, exploring ways people are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes they focus on being productive, other times they focus on self-care… there are endless angles to take and endless issues/situations to account for during this unique time in our collective history. So many lives… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, My Printables, Parenting, Positive Parenting

How to Help Your Child Navigate a Sibling’s Illness and Other Hardships

How to Help Your Child Navigate a Sibling’s Illness and Other Hardships

This is a guest post written by The National Children’s Cancer Society (NCCS). The NCCS is a not-for-profit organization providing support to families making their way through the daunting world of childhood cancer and survivorship. It can be difficult for children when their sibling is sick or when their family is going through a tough… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Positive Parenting

Inspiring a Connected Childhood ~ Top 5 Things I Love Doing With My Kids

Inspiring a Connected Childhood ~ Top 5 Things I Love Doing With My Kids

It’s the little things that are big things to kids. But as parents, sometimes we can tend to focus too much on the big picture, on the possibilities, on the future. There is a famous poem that makes me tear up every time I read it: “If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again”… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Positive Parenting

How Mindfulness Can Help You Better Manage Motherhood

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Positive Parenting

5 Questions Every Positive Parent Should Ask Themselves

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Positive Parenting

Communication Skills for Kids {Free Printable}

Communication Skills for Kids {Free Printable}

We all want our children to communicate respectfully.  But what exactly does that mean and how can we explain it to them? Communication is made up not only of words and their meaning but facial expression, body language, and the influence on the listener. Thanks to Vecteezy, a comprehensive online collection of graphics, I have… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Communication with Kids, My Printables, Positive Parenting

How to Teach Kids to Deal with Bullying

How to Teach Kids to Deal with Bullying

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt It’s a great sentiment but goodness, if only things were that simple, right? Bullying is not a small thing to deal with, no matter what age you are.  But children are very vulnerable to bullying because it can influence their self-esteem, confidence, and… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Helping Kids Overcome Challenges, Positive Parenting

How to Talk to Kids About “Bad” Behaviour

How to Talk to Kids About “Bad” Behaviour

Every parent has a different opinion about what “bad” behaviour is.  If it’s so hard to define, how can we speak of it to our children?  I’m thankful to have a special guest on the blog today to help us explore this topic. Nicole Schwarz is a mom to 3 girls, a Parent Coach with… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Communication with Kids, Positive Parenting

How to Talk to Your Kids About Being Happy

How to Talk to Your Kids About Being Happy

Do you want your kids to be happy?  Of course you do!  We all do… But how many parents actually talk to their kids about how to lead a happy life and what it actually means to be happy? Ellen Jackson from Potential Psychology is The People Potential Specialist. She writes about human experience and why we… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Communication with Kids, Positive Parenting

How to Talk to Your Kids About Feelings

How to Talk to Your Kids About Feelings

We all experience different feelings every day: happiness, sadness, pride, anger, surprise, anxiety and many more. Do your kids know the names of these different emotions?  Do they know how to cope with them? I’m excited to have Janine Halloran here on the blog today, who is the founder of Coping Skills for Kids where… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Communication with Kids, Positive Parenting

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

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Family Connection, Insights, My Printables, Positive Parenting

5 Easy Ways Grandparents Can Be Involved in Character Building

5 Easy Ways Grandparents Can Be Involved in Character Building

When I was growing up, my grandmother was a huge influence in my life.  I looked up to her and listened to her stories with an intensity that I rarely paid others.  I watched the way she interacted with others and respected her in a different way than I did my own parents. The beauty… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Family Connection, Living with Purpose, Positive Parenting

Tips for Parents to Learn How to Connect versus Correct

Tips for Parents to Learn How to Connect versus Correct

It can be very hard to change your parenting habits when you were raised a certain way, and had particular phrases and reactions drilled into you as a child.  It’s only natural to copy what you know, but is that always the best thing to do? I am putting a lot of effort in to learn… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Family Connection, Positive Parenting

How to Explain Mindful Colouring to Kids

How to Explain Mindful Colouring to Kids

Colouring books are everywhere these days – not just for kids but for adults too.  I was keen to introduce the practice of colouring as a relaxing weekend activity for my family but, although I was aware that the new colouring craze was somehow about mindfulness and stress-relief, I still couldn’t quite put it into… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Family Connection, Helping Kids Overcome Challenges, Play Ideas, Positive Parenting

The Kitchen Can Wait

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Insights, Positive Parenting

The Reason Why Parenting Is Hard

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Insights, Positive Parenting

Is Your Smart Child Feeling Discouraged? Find Out How a Growth Mindset Can Help

Is Your Smart Child Feeling Discouraged? Find Out How a Growth Mindset Can Help

My son has recently skipped a grade so he has been hearing a lot of kids (and adults) comment about how smart he is.  Every time I overhear it, I cringe.  I picture each of these comments setting him an inch higher on a pedestal so that when he is challenged next time (and can’t get some… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Helping Kids Overcome Challenges, Learning, My Printables, Parenting, Positive Parenting

15 Ways to Teach Kids Character through Actions Instead of Words

15 Ways to Teach Kids Character through Actions Instead of Words

“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Dubois I love this quote and it is an important reminder for me as I can tend to talk a bit too much sometimes. When it really comes down to it, my kids are learning from how I act every day… not… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Family Connection, Insights, Parenting, Positive Parenting

When my daughter grows up…

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}

Filed Under: Blog, Insights, Positive Parenting

How to Play with a Baby – Tips for Teaching New Big Siblings

How to Play with a Baby – Tips for Teaching New Big Siblings

Note to parents: Feel free to read this post aloud to your child. This article has been written especially for kids who have recently become a big brother or big sister!  So if you have a baby sister or brother who is between 3 and 8 months, here are some ideas and thoughts about how… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, New Baby, Positive Parenting

Favourite Daily Phrases that are Little Life Lessons for Parents and Kids

Favourite Daily Phrases that are Little Life Lessons for Parents and Kids

Over the past few years, I’ve read a lot of great parenting advice.  But it’s not always easy to put it all into practice!  These are some of my favourite phrases to use on an everyday basis that promote some of the parenting techniques I aim to embody.  They are little summaries of important messages I want my… {read more}

Filed Under: Blog, Insights, Living with Purpose, Positive Parenting

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