Mom: High Achieving and the Hazards of Being One
Are you a high-achieving mom? Did you work hard and get good grades in school? Or do you go after your goals and expect to achieve them? Are you committed to being a good mom? As well as willing to work hard? I know your type. It’s a blessing and a curse at the same […]
Enforceable Statements Turn Your Words from Garbage to Gold
Instead of M&M’s, Kids Need More N&Ns – AKA: My Kid Hates When I Say “No”
One day when I took my young son to Burger King, he wanted something he couldn’t have and I said no. It didn’t work out well for either of us. What he wanted was “white pop” (known to older kids as Sprite). I was OK with that. I held the cup to the Sprite label […]
Airplane Travel with Toddlers: Nine Out-of-the-Box Strategies
Before I had kids, vacation started the moment I sat down on the airplane. That all changed when I started traveling with toddlers. And how! When traveling with toddlers, boarding a flight signals the beginning of the biggest challenge of the trip: trying to confine little people with the need for speed into one small space […]
Dear Kerry: “Sick of Sweets”
Dear Kerry:One of my 4 year old twins is sugar-obsessed. He goes throughout the day waiting for and thinking about his next chance to eat something sweet. He ends up begging and negotiating for it all day long which I can’t stand. Any tips? Thanks,Sick of Sweets Dear Sick of Sweets: I have a client […]
5 Easy Steps to Discourage Lying in Little Kids
A dad who was in for parent coaching recently asked me how to deal with his 6 year old son’s chronic lying. Here are five strategies he’s going to experiment with and see how they work. Please let me know if you’ve had experience with this and what has helped. Other parents will be grateful! […]
Rowdy at Dinner
I frequently receive letters and emails from my readers sharing their successes and failures as parents. While I prefer reading the success stories, I also find value in parenting failures because it gives me an opportunity to reach out and offer advice on a topic that I’m passionate about, Love and Logic® parenting. I look […]
Happy Starts to Preschool
Dear Kerry,I’m a stay at home mom of twin boys and I knew that starting preschool would be difficult for them to deal with. New places, new faces, a new routine and the absence of mom would be a lot for them to digest so; I decided that instead of dreading this wonderful event in […]
Getting Kids to School On Time
DAD’S DILEMMA After a busy morning of diapering, feeding, bathing and dressing his 7 and 3-year olds and tending to the needs of the baby (with a few temper tantrums thrown in here and there), dad was hoping for a little help from his toddler and oldest son. Little did he know that they had […]
My 1.5 Year Old Hates the Car Seat
My 1.5 year old son didn’t want to get in his car seat. He wasn’t responding to the choices I was giving him and instead was fighting me. I finally got him buckled in and wondered what Love and Logic skills I could use for a consequence for his sad decision. He is too young […]