How to Handle Toddler Meltdowns
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …