Tag Archive | "positive discipline"
Posted on 16 April 2010. Tags: bad dad, baseball, Calm baby, dads, good dad, haggis mcBaggis, Milagros Boutique, moms, positive discipline, stay at home dads
Community always brings out the best in all of us but today Todd and Laura wound up on the opposite side of the river, when Laura talked about a study involving men and women and how they affect their children. This past week Todd and Laura also experienced how being a teacher to children can allow them to be a teacher to you.
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Posted on 22 March 2010. Tags: CPSC, Kangaroo Carry, mothering.com, positive discipline, SingleDadBrad, Slings, Winning cooperation
Todd and Laura started the week off talking about the CPSC’s release about Slings being unsafe. They also talked about tips to help parents handle and enhance their relationship with teens. They also shared their own experiences with the use of Slings for their two boys.
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Posted on 12 March 2010. Tags: Brainy-child.com, Freerangekids, judgement, lenore skenazy, Natural medicine, positive discipline
Are you a mom who has opened her mouth with a suggestion and felt judged or rebutted? Laura shares her experience. Todd read a hilarious song, “Everything is Dangerous”.
This weekend, remember “our children are our best teachers.”
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Posted on 05 March 2010. Tags: blowing up, cars, cigarettes, Glenda Montgomery, judgement, kids, PCPO Conference, positive discipline, reconnecting, saying you are sorry, smoking, tantrums
Should we as parents judge other parents? What about parents smoking in their cars with kids in it? Laura had a tough Village Moment involving our older son, but got support from some surprising places.
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Posted on 15 February 2010. Tags: basketball, Kangaroo Care, Mansfield Moment, Milagros Boutique, Olympics, positive discipline, President's Day, SingleDadBrad, Valentine's Day
Todd surprised Laura with a President’s Day Quiz. Do you know the answers? SingleDadBrad’s new PD card is a perfect fit for this week. There were more Mansfield Moment’s than we have ever had, some good some bad. What about the Olympics coverage, is it bringing your family closer together?
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Posted on 22 January 2010. Tags: ADD, Alphabetical Work sheets, Being happy as a mom, Being late, Blues for Haiti, Book Reading, Boy losing Nintendo, Cats in the Cradle, Cleaning up, Connection time, Dads Only, Dads Unplugged, Defining the soccer field, Don’t say anything, Dr. Jane Nelson, Encouragement, Family Meetings, Glenda Montgomery, Harry Chapin, Leapfrogs, Magic Treehouse Books, Milagros Boutique, OCD, positive discipline, Positiveparentingpdx.com, Praise, Punishment for bad words, Saying bad words, Setting boundaries, Shut up, SW Charter School, SW Parent Child Collective, Teens, The Refectory, Tweens, village moment, Words are toys
10 minutes with your kids can make both of you smarter. How do parents shut it down at night? How do they turn off work? Sometimes the best way to handle your kids is by saying nothing at all. Can you do it?
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Posted on 11 January 2010. Tags: Children's Museum, Forestry Center, Jonathan Slack, Mansfield Moment, positive discipline, SingleDadBrad.com, Zoo
Finally a positive Mansfield Moment! PDX’s best kept secret for kids. SingleDadBrad.com gave us new PD cards; can we make it another week? The best way to make sure you don’t go to bed angry with your spouse.
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Posted on 04 January 2010. Tags: 2010, positive discipline, Resolutions, Todd's Take
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This show was dedicated to those that are trying to improve their lives with their 2010 New Year’s resolutions. Todd’s Take on that was a bit of a surprise and so were his and Laura’s own resolutions. Plus find out what Positive Discipline card Todd and Laura had to play with this week.
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Posted on 28 December 2009. Tags: Brad Ainge, positive discipline
Brad Ainge is joining us on Tuesday @ 11am. Why? We love what he is doing, check it out here. Very Julie and Julia-esque. We are taking him up on it? Can you?
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Posted on 13 November 2009. Tags: dads, gluten free, Laura Kastner, Mistaken Goal Chart, motherhood, Ontario, positive discipline, Post partum depression, Village Moment Movement
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Laura talked about the Community Parenting “Train the Trainers” program she just finished running in Ontario, Oregon. The Mistaken Goal Chart, Positive Discipline and Natural Learning Rhythms never get old! The Village Moment Movement continues to gain popularity. And a discussion Todd and Laura weren’t expecting: Do mothers forget the early parenting bad times and only the fathers remember them? Todd says yes, and the moms agree!
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