Inside: Use these books about big emotions that teach emotional regulation to help kids manage their emotions and feelings. One of the most empowering skills we can give to our kids emotional intelligence: learning how to recognize their emotions, name their emotions, learn that all emotions are okay, and then learn how to self-soothe and […]
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How to Stay Calm as a Parent When You’re Triggered
Inside: Use these 8 strategies to help you stay calm as a parent when you’re triggered by your kids’ behavior. If you want to yell less and stay calm more, this will help. Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about. Big girls don’t cry. Act your age. Pull it together. Put on […]
Kind and Respectful Parenting One Liners for Gentle Parenting
Inside: Use these kind, respectful parenting one liners will help make gentle parenting easier. Get a free printable list. It can feel overwhelming and triggering when we’re trying to get dinner on the table and homework done and kids are coming at us with requests, demands, whining, and behaviors they know are unacceptable. When we’re […]
Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind. As we head into back to school season, teachers are setting up classrooms, creating lesson plans, and unjamming the copier. But they’re also spending time getting their class lists and crossing their […]
How to Teach Kids to Be Considerate and Mindful of Others
Inside: Raising Kind Kids has to include raising our kids to be considerate and mindful of others. This has a list of ideas of how you can you teach your kids to be more considerate and mindful of others. Yesterday I was in a last minute IEP meeting for my daughter. It was a just […]