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Category: Caring for Yourself as a Parent

 
 

When Others Judge Your Parenting

In the Spirited Child Facebook group, parents often ask, “How do you cope with the judgement from others?”  One strategy is to remember you are not responsible for the feelings of other adults – that’s on them. Your responsibility is the well-being of your family. Another key strategy is to focus on what you have more control over, which is setting your child up for success in difficult situations.  When you do, there will be fewer challenging behaviors for those critics to judge.

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Fall Deeper In Love With Your Child

Those of us with "Spirited" children often get caught up on the challenges.   That is why it is important for us to take time and focus on our children's gifts.

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REBOUND After the Holidays

Late bedtimes, disrupted routines, unsolicited advice, too much sugar and CLUTTER from all the gifts bringing you down?  Here are seven steps to help you REBOUND from the post-holiday blues. 

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How to stay out of the Red zone

Children synchronize to our stress level.  That is why the best thing you cna do as a parent is take good care of yourself so you can meet the needs of your children.

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4 Strategies to Help You Reduce Stress and Frustration

The demands of being a parent can feel relentless. Frequent meltdowns wear you down, and leave you feeling powerless to stop them, but you are not. Today, Lynn and I offer you four effective strategies to lower stress by preventing some of the meltdowns from occurring in the first place.

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