Posts by bonamarq

Hugs - it's a nervous time for sure - and in the end life is just uncertain - now once you detect a heartbeat you can rest easier b/c your chance of a miscarriage is much less - but even when everything is 'textbook perfect' there are...

Let me preface my statement by saying that the major part of my professional job is to teach and train parents and teachers about positive behavior support and rewards (but not punishments) are a big part of that - I work with families...

1love4ever - I do buy the annie fruit snacks - they are the only ones I'll give her and ONLY in her packed school lunches - yes they are high in sugar but at least they have 100% vit c (and this is her 'treat')   This is how...

I see this as a CONSTANT battle with society at large - I don't allow dyes and HFCS in the house but at 7yo I don't have total control of what dd eats anymore - soccer team snacks are a big one Was SO PROUD that dd THREW AWAY the...

I just wanted to add that I have a dd the same age (12/03) who has always been very dramatic and taking an authoritarian/critical tone always backfires - she has gotten mean and spiteful when called out for her mistakes and it is one...

  Quote: As an aside, I had to use the restroom, and so I put my wailing crying daughter in her gated off area, and ran to the bathroom. When I came back, my son had some how gotten inside her area, and was gently...

For lots of kids the WHY STARTS as a strategy to keep a conversation going when they don't have the skills to do it any other way(but by 4 it probably IS a habit) - It was always easier for me to handle the why's if I kept that in...

You ARE doing something - teaching gentle touch and trying to prevent the behavior as much as possible -   Two quick things to add - when you hang out in the gated off area with dd your son may get more angry? - he may be very...

Ughh - I feel for you  - my FIL definitely did not get my style of parenting - thought I was way too 'indulgent' and 'needed to cut the cord' with the whole co-sleeping thing... And ANY misbehavior on her part (also high energy...

I'll give you my take on it - as someone who had intended to be TV free with only occasional videos seen together as a family (that was my pre-parenting ideal) In reality my dd (now age 7) is exposed to more TV than I EVER thought I'd...