Prolific education and parenting author Alfie Kohn argues that there is a better way to parent than using rewards and punishments.
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A Parent’s Job is to Be a Better Adult!
We must be our best selves as we help them develop their own navigation system for the world: they need a sense of right and wrong, judgment to know the difference, wisdom to make good decisions, and strength to stick to the right choices.
I’m Proud of You, Mommy
“You know, I’m really proud of you. It’s not easy to NOT yell at kids – not a lot of parents can do that. And now we hardly have a day when you yell at us.”
Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!
For the first few years of my kids’ lives, I thought that yelling at them was my way of disciplining and teaching them. But over time, I came to notice that 1) I wasn’t consistent in what I yelled at, 2) I had some specific triggers, and 3) while some things might have made aContinue reading “Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!”
