Posts Tagged "HandsFreeMama"

Ending Reactive Parenting

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Ending Reactive Parenting

Ever feel like you are stuck in a cycle of negativity? A mom of two young children was, and she expressed her frustration in the comments of one of Rachel Macy Stafford's Hands Free Mama blog posts The Manager in My Home & the Five Words that Changed Everything. Thanks to a standing invitation from Rachel to assist her readers and share our public dialogs, I was able to offer this mom an...

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Wish You Could Stop Rushing?

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Wish You Could Stop Rushing?

Email question from Adriane*: I am a mother of 3 great kiddos - sons ages 14 and 4, and a daughter age 6. I feel as if I'm going in circles because I surround myself with daily readings, blogs, helpful tips all the time on how to be a better parent. How it's never too late.   It's like I know what I need to do, and I know what I could or should be doing, but for some reason its hard for me...

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Undoing Harsh Words

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Undoing Harsh Words

For a number of years, I assisted Rachel Macy Stafford with replies to readers' comments on her powerful HandsFreeMama blog. Rachel's posts are deeply moving and motivational accounts of real-life moments with her daughters and evoke an outpouring of emotional responses like this one from the mother of a 4-year-old who was struggling to find her patience. This reader's comment and my reply are...

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