Posts Tagged "motivation"
Helping Parents Who Haven’t Asked
"If you want to be part of this family, then you'd better..." Imagine you saw your neighbor using harsh criticism, public scoldings and coercive statements like that with her 9 YO adopted daughter to "make her behave." If you knew a better way to work with children and even had a book that could tell her not only how to create willing cooperation but how to do it in a way that would improve...
Read MoreFrom Criticism To Support
"If you needed to lose weight, what would be most motivating? You are getting chubby. I’m not buying you any more clothes until you lose weight. Or: Let’s take a walk after dinner. I’ll let you make the salad. I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are." —Rachel Macy Stafford That was how Rachel opened her viral blog post, "To Build (or Break) a...
Read MoreShould I End Indecision, Or…?
I have always been indecisive. I like to joke that it's because of my astrological sign: Libra (the scales) which is all about weighing options. According to an astrology website, "Libra's indecisiveness is caused by the fear that a wrong decision will...cause turmoil in their lives." Sounds about right. Another classic case of my ambiguity is my name. My own mom didn't like decisions either,...
Read MoreScreen Time Success
Parents hear a lot about how important it is to limit their child's screen time, a decision made difficult by how much kids enjoy it. What with all the studies and experts concluding that too much can affect everything from physical health to success in school, it's easy to panic when it looks like your child is addicted. As both a babysitter and a member of the first internet generation I have a...
Read MoreTrue Self-Motivation
When you hit the wall trying to get your child to do something he or she doesn't want to do, check your strategy. Are you trying to change what your child wants? "Of course you want to brush your teeth. You don't want them to fall out, do you?" To your credit, this strategy shows an awareness of what motivates people — wanting. Every parent knows that if only their children wanted to brush...
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