How to Stop Your Child from Hitting: Respectful and Effective Parenting Tips
One of the top behaviours parents struggle the most when they decide to do respectful parenting is dealing with their toddler hitting them. Most of us grew up with being hit by our parents, and we either…
How to Repair with Your Child After Yelling: 3 Steps for Reconnecting
Are you sitting on the floor rewinding all the things you wish you could have done better with your kid? Thinking of all the “I should haves” or wondering when exactly did everything go wrong? Or maybe…
5 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays with Your Toddler
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Supposedly. But why is it that there are more meltdowns than we care to count? Holiday seasons can be rough for families, especially with younger kids in the mix,…
Ways to Teach our Kids about Resolving Conflict
We all want our kids to become resolutely astute in resolving conflict. For our kids to know when to push for their rights, autonomy, and not at the expense of assaulting other people in the process when…
How to Stay Calm as a Parent
If you’re a toddler parent, the words “stay calm” sometimes ceases to exist from our parenting language. Throw in the irrational and inconvenient tantrum times (but really though, when has it ever been convenient?), their food throwing…
Holiday Toddler Tantrums Survival Guide
It’s now the most wonderful time of the year! But wait, why does it seem that holiday toddler tantrums seem to be more than the usual? There’s all this delicious food, loved ones coming over for visits,…
How To Prevent My Toddler From Throwing Things
My toddler’s tendency to just throw things here, there, and everywhere is something that I, the neat freak mom, can’t help but be triggered on bad days. He can end up throwing food, his toys, his clothes,…
How To Prevent My Toddler From Biting
Toddler biting can be one of the most frustrating and painful things we need to deal with as parents. The hitting, kicking, and tantrums, I can still manage, but it’s the biting that can really test my…
How to Prevent the Toddler Tantrums
When the big feelings of our little ones start, it not only rains, it pours. In dealing with our toddler’s tantrums, we just need to let it run its course while validating their feelings. And although toddlers’…
How To Prevent Toddler Bedtime Pushbacks
As much as we love our kids, I think I’m not alone in wishing that the clock will just strike for the sweet freedom that comes with our toddler’s bedtime. So really, the last thing we need…
