I want to stop yelling at the kids
It’s been one of those weeks….and when we have one of those week’s the inevitable almost always happens. Yelling at the kids becomes something that, though I am trying not …
Toddler hitting: 11 tips to help you
Have the days gone when you seen your son or daughter as a little angel and instead, in their place is a little monster who hits and lashes out? Well, …
Quality time: What does Oliver James’ “Love Bombing” technique say about our parenting?
Step away from this if you don’t want to read me being a bit serious for a change…! It doesn’t happen that often, but when it does it’s usually worth paying …
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Keep calm: 10 top tips for keeping your head when the kids start….
Calm – that’s me – on a good day. I always keep calm…. I would love to write yes that’s me CALM, I have that one sussed. The truth is …
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Public Toddler Tantrums: 5 top tips for staying sane
For some reason this topic makes me feel uncomfortable! However, we’ve all been there and have all had to deal with them. KiddyCharts have track reward charts which can help you too. Everytime …
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Keep calm: And perhaps the kids will too?
I AM CALM. Keep calm when things go wrong; then perhaps the kids will do the same…its OK, in theory… I faced a new challenge today…the baking of mini Christmas …
Love bombing; Is this the answer to temper tantrums?
A bit of a roller coaster weekend – with the usual activities plus some visitors from the states. But it was a tantrum filled one; perhaps we should start “love …
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4 Ways to Calmly Manage Disrespectful Children
Sometimes it seems like kids feel entitled to talk back and be disrespectful children. They often don’t want to listen to parents, saying, “You can’t tell me what to do!” …
Consistency in parenting: Does it really matter?
We are tackling consistency in parenting today in a slightly unusual way for us. However, I thought that our resident agony aunt, may be able to give some advice to …
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Positive Parents: A bit of belief and practise goes a long way….
We always try to be positive parents with our children; that way they can be more positive too… The last few days have been our daughter’s show case. On Thursday, …
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Public toddler tantrums: most kids have them!
Toddler tantrums are not easy, but there are even harder when they happen in public. So sometimes its a daunting challenge going “into town”… This weekend’s task was to get …
Sibling Rivalry: My kids are arguing all the time, what can I do?
This is a post from Maria Albertsen, the KiddyCharts resident agony aunt in response to the Kate Takes Five Oracle post on Sibling rivalry. We hope it gives you food …
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Should you kick kids out of the car to teach them about consequences?
This is our regular guest post by Beckie Whitehouse from Be Confident Coaching. Last night, I was out for a drink at the pub for a friend’s birthday. It was all Mums, so …
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Toddlers hitting – what can we do to curb the behaviour?
I read an article years ago that is as relevant now as it was then. The article was about a pretty little girl who had started hitting other children, and …
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