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Category: Behavior & Discipline

How to Handle Toddler Meltdowns

Behavior & Discipline, Birth 0 - Age 9 / By Parenting on Track / 25 November, 2014

Parenting Q & A with Vicki Hoefle Question: How do I handle “bad” toddler behaviors- aka toddler meltdowns? Scenario: My 2.5 year old daughter does not do this often, but …

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Guest Post: I Bully My Daughter.

Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Independence, Character Traits & Values / By Kelsey Foley / 12 August, 2014

The blog post was republished with permission from the author, Millie Shaw. Her courage and honesty continue to inspire. I bully my daughter. Oh, and I humiliate her in public, …

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Five Tips to End Sibling Rivalry

Behavior & Discipline, Birth 0 - Age 9, Parenting Tips & How To, Uncategorized / By Kelsey Foley / 2 July, 2014

It’s the Simple Things that Trip us Up Let’s say you’re having one of those June-Cleaver-would-croak-if-she-saw-you moments. Your kids are rowdy, screeching and tearin’ the place apart. You look into …

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What’s the Trouble with Kids Swearing?

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Independence, Character Traits & Values / By JenniferNault / 20 June, 2014

In one day, I saw two posts on the topic of kids growing up in homes where it was okay for them to swear. The most recent on the website …

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Here is Why your Parenting Style Matters

Behavior & Discipline, Parenting Tips & How To / By JenniferNault / 14 May, 2014

There is loads of talk today about parenting styles and parenting techniques and parenting preferences. All the way from Velcro and Helicopter parenting to CTFD parenting. Truthfully, I agree there …

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Denial and Addiction are Co-conspirators

Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Teens & Tweens / By JenniferNault / 27 March, 2014

I was part of a collective conversation several months ago that focused on addiction in teens and young adults specifically as it pertains to a parent’s denial of the situation …

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Helicopter Parents Crippling the Next Generation

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Research & Parenting Resources / By JenniferNault / 25 March, 2014

It seems that Helicopter Parenting is alive and well and that in spite of all the research that suggests this is a dangerous direction in parenting with negative implications for …

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Rude & Disrespectful Behavior? How Does Your Child Say Hello?

4 Comments / Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Parenting Tips & How To / By JenniferNault / 28 February, 2014

Question: I have a nine-year-old who is so rude to people when they come over that they are completely taken aback. I, of course am embarrassed and angry that after …

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Podcast: Contributions

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Parenting Tips & How To, Proactive Parenting Strategies / By JenniferNault / 5 February, 2014

In this conversation with Vicki Hoefle, we talk about contributions. Learning how to contribute to the household helps children develop self-esteem and resiliency, qualities that will support them for life. …

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Control – Who has it? Who wants it?

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Parenting Tips & How To, Proactive Parenting Strategies, Uncategorized / By JenniferNault / 31 January, 2014

If I ask 100 people about their thoughts on control, 99.5 will whisper “I am a control freak”, as if this is a bad thing. Personally, I embrace and celebrate …

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Encourage instead of Save

Behavior & Discipline, Birth 0 - Age 9, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Independence, Character Traits & Values, Uncategorized / By Parenting on Track / 15 January, 2014

Question: My 5 year old son has recently started having great difficulty handling things that don’t go his way with his peers that he feels really passionately about. For example, …

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Whining & Willpower

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Parenting Tips & How To / By Parenting on Track / 14 November, 2013

Q&A with Vicki Hoefle What can I about all this whining!? Scenario: I’m trying to deal with a whining 2.5 year old. I’ve tried ignoring her, but it only gets …

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Tween Behavior During Divorce

Behavior & Discipline, Teens & Tweens / By Parenting on Track / 24 October, 2013

Q&A with Vicki Hoefle Question: Is my tween showing “normal”  behavior during divorce? Scenario: I am in the beginning stages of a divorce and I have noticed my 12 year …

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How To Follow Through with Discipline

Behavior & Discipline, Birth 0 - Age 9 / By Parenting on Track / 14 October, 2013

Parenting Q & A with Vicki Hoefle Question: How can I improve and follow through with discipline? Scenario: I am fine about calling off a play date, cancelling a family …

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6 Tips: How to Navigate the Holiday Season with Grace

Behavior & Discipline, Everyday Challenges & Trip Ups, Parenting Tips & How To / By Parenting on Track / 11 October, 2013

Whether we’re ready or not–the holiday season has officially arrived. Aisles are decorated, treats are piled high, and parents are beginning to brace for an inevitable increase in stress, excitement, …

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Fighting: Love Them? Ignore Them.

2 Comments / Behavior & Discipline, Birth 0 - Age 9 / By Parenting on Track / 21 May, 2013

As parents, we often feel we have to “do something” when a war is raging over a video game or a baby doll. We feel we can’t just sit there …

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Key Parent / Educator Questions

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Education, School & Learning / By Parenting on Track / 12 March, 2013

If we, as parents and educators, believe that every child is driven by an internal “genius” – an energy that naturally, without adult steering, will lead toward the discovery of …

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Internal Motivation Infographic

3 Comments / Behavior & Discipline, Education, School & Learning / By Parenting on Track / 7 March, 2013

Children naturally enjoy doing valuable work and are not afraid to make mistakes- they learn to discover success through feedback from peers, teachers, materials and so forth (not just because …

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11 Benefits of Giving Allowance

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Independence, Character Traits & Values, Parenting Tips & How To, Proactive Parenting Strategies / By Parenting on Track / 19 October, 2012

There’s little argument at this point that handling money as a child will prepare you for handling money as a young adult and eventually, as an adult. Great. But what …

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Zip it. For the Kids’ Sake

1 Comment / Behavior & Discipline, Education, School & Learning, Independence, Character Traits & Values, Parenting Tips & How To, Proactive Parenting Strategies / By Parenting on Track / 20 August, 2012

Ahoy parents! The tides are changing. Parents, educators, experts and obviously, the kids, have finally come to accept that the entire “over-parenting” approach to raising kids, just isn’t working out. …

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