We often reflect on whether Attachment Parenting International has made a difference in our efforts toward peace.
Practice Positive Discipline
Positive discipline helps a child develop a conscience guided by his own internal discipline and compassion for others. Discipline that is empathetic, loving, and respectful strengthens the connection between parent and child. Rather than reacting to behavior, discover the needs leading to the behavior. Communicate and craft solutions together while keeping everyone's dignity intact.
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My 2-year-old son was standing in his bedroom doorway with little sobs, tears rolling down his cheeks. All because he was so tired and it was bedtime, but he wanted to keep playing with this trains. My heart was breaking. |
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We catch children hiding the truth from the time they are quite young. Lying or keeping secrets is a defensive instinct that protects the child from too much vulnerability. |
I realized that to Jason, this scene made absolutely no sense. They put themselves in the other boy's shoes and couldn't see any reason why the person who was supposed to love and care for him suddenly turned mean. |
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When a young child throws an object, it’s a parent’s reactive response to scold the child and take that object away from him. He may then pick up another object and throw that one, pushing the adult to anger and frustration. |
I don't know about you, but every year as the winter holidays begin to creep closer, I start to have a moment of panic. Well, maybe it is not so much panic as much as dissociation about how many gifts to purchase and what it all really means. |
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While my daughter will certainly get the gifts that she has expressed interest in or requested, I do not want the receiving of gifts to be what she equates with Christmas, no do I want it to be the cause of most of her joy surrounding the season. Read more |
Estonia has banned all corporal punishment of children, including in the home, becoming the sixth State to do so this year. |
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