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Continue reading →: 3 Foolproof Tips for BedtimeBedtime for toddlers can be a joy or a struggle – and sometimes both in one night. If you’ve been looking for some new ways to solve your bedtime woes here are my top three foolproof tips for making bedtime a little bit easier! 1. Make It a Routine Little…
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Continue reading →: 3 Foolproof Tips for BathtimeBathtime for toddlers can be a joy or a struggle – and sometimes both in one night! If you’ve been looking for some new ways to solve your bathtime woes here are my top three foolproof tips for making bathtime a breeze! 1. Rotate the Toys Toddler bath toys seem…
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Continue reading →: The Four Primary Parenting StylesWhat is a Parenting Style? Your parenting style is defined by your expectations for your child’s behavior and how you respond to unwanted behavior. For most of us, our parenting style is based on how we were raised and the things that we see in our community. If you’re interested…
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Continue reading →: Gentle Parenting and Cycle BreakingBreaking Cycles of Trauma with Intentional Kindness When people talk about being ‘cycle breakers’ in regards to parenting they usually mean the cycle of generational trauma. The word trauma may have you imagining high-stakes situations like fleeing from a war – that is certainly traumatic! But in reality, trauma can…
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Continue reading →: Co-regulation and ParentingWhat is co-regulation? Co-regulation, short for Emotional co-regulation, is the process of using your own emotional control (i.e. your emotional regulation) to help someone else to regain control of their emotional state. Co-regulation and parenting looks like modeling healthy emotional behaviors for children and providing emotional support. As an example,…
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Continue reading →: What’s the Deal with Gentle Parenting?‘Gentle Parenting’ has been dominating on social media lately, but what is it? Gentle parenting is a parenting style that emphasizes emotional intelligence, healthy boundaries, and equivalent consequences. At its’ heart, gentle parenting is simply a re-branding of authoritative parenting which is one of the four primary parenting styles. Why…
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Continue reading →: Fast Fashion and PollutionFast Fashion Contributes to Pollution in a Big Way Fast fashion is the production of inexpensive and trendy clothing made fast and cheap, think anything you can buy at your local box store. Fast fashion and pollution are more closely related than you may think – it’s the second largest…
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Continue reading →: What’s the Deal with Urban Homesteading?Urban Homesteading is the ‘Hold-My-Beer’ Cousin of Homesteading Homesteading in a traditional sense refers to a household farm that is practicing subsistence farming, i.e. a farm that’s producing to sustain itself. Urban homesteading takes that idea and says ‘well, I can’t do all of it – but I can do…
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Continue reading →: Emotional Intelligence for Toddlers5 Ways to Build Emotional Intelligence Skills Most parents agree that they want their children to be kind, to be good at sharing and making friends, and not resort to hitting when they’re upset – the basis for all of these is good emotional intelligence! Emotional intelligence is the ability…
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Continue reading →: 5 Ways to be a Gentler ParentSmall Changes for Big Differences If you’re interested in gentle parenting but you don’t know where to start you’re in the right place! These examples are primarily about toddlers, but the ideas can be useful for children of any age. 1. Offer Choices Instead of Commands Simple changes in language…
