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August 29, 2020

Should We Use TIME OUT or TIME IN With Our Kids?

Should we use Time Out or Time In with our small kids? Yes. Julie and I use both with our younger kids. We’re fans of Time In. Kids act their worst when they feel their worst. They need love and connection most when they deserve it least. The cool thing about Time In is that…

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Tag: acknowledge-feelings, authority, boundaries-rules, misbehaviour
October 2, 2018

Don’t Let Your Kids Do Anything that Makes You Dislike Them

Don’t let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them That’s because society doesn’t care about your child nearly as much as you do. If you dislike your child’s behaviour at times, imagine how other people will react to them. So a general guideline is to intercept unsocial and unruly behaviour in your kids….

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Tag: boundaries-rules, discipline, misbehaviour
September 4, 2018

What We Did When Our Kids Threw Mud Balls At The Elderly Lady Next Door

‘Wow, what a life lesson was that!’ said Eli to Chris and I as we walked back from the neighbours which he and 3 other kids had bombed. The drama had started an hour earlier. My 3 oldest kids had climbed over my neighbour’s wall using the ladder-play-gym system Chris (my neighbour) and I had…

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Tag: life-lessons, misbehaviour
November 16, 2017

There’s Only One Method I’ve Discovered That Gets Kids To Listen The First Time Almost Every Time.

Parenting often feels like hostage negotiation with drunken, bipolar pirates. When our kids run amok, many of us parents resort to either just giving in to their mutiny, or by bombing them with rage-driven cannon balls. But there is a much better way. As far as I know it is the only way to bring…

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Tag: boundaries-rules, discipline, enlisting-co-operation, misbehaviour
July 6, 2017

Why Small Kids Misbehave

Kids who misbehave need more than just correction. They need understanding. I am not saying don’t correct them, but if you correct them but fail to understand why they’re acting like a demon, you’re missing a trick. By misbehaving I think of things like your child climbing on the baby, shouting, hitting, throwing things, or…

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