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Posted on August 18, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Sleep, Teens and Back-to-School Season
How do you support your teen’s transition back-to-school when they’ve been sleeping until noon all summer? Check out these ideas!
Posted on September 2, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Establishing or Reinventing Home Routines and Responsibilities for Learning Success
How are you setting up your home environment for the school year?
Posted on December 28, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
New Year’s Routine Reboot
The Start of the Year Offers the Ideal Chance to Create Smoother Bedtime and Morning Routines at Any Age… E, now ten-years-old, has a full two and a half week break over the holidays. And yes, we’ll do lots of visiting with friends and family. Sure, we are planning multiple entertaining outings. But there’s also …
Posted on December 23, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
On Thrive Global – “Morning Routine Redux – Adjusting to Winter Weather”
Arianna Huffington and numerous partners have launched a site called Thrive Global in which they focus articles on well-being, wisdom, wonder, giving, working smarter, and unplugging and recharging. I was honored to have my article published on this site today. “Morning Routine Redux – Adjusting to the Winter Weather” will help any parents frustrated with the …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Adjusting to winter weather, Arianna Huffington, Getting kids out of the door on time, Getting kids to school on time, Morning routine, Nagging kids, Parents frustrated with morning routine, Thrive Global
Posted on October 12, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Element of a Confident Parent – Looking for the Good
Though the sunshine sparkles through the yellow leaves during these beautiful Fall days, there is less light in the morning and evening. And we’ve been doing this school thing for a few months now. We’ve poured it on and now we are slowing down a bit – tired. My husband and I noticed that some …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Altruism, Appreciating children, Confident Parents, Empathy, Interactive modeling, KIds' behavior change, Kids' strengths, Looking for the good in kids, Morning routine, Nagging, Parent behavior change, Positive reinforcement, Resilience, Scolding
Posted on August 25, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Refreshing Home Routines for the School Year
It’s Just Another Day. Slipping Into Stockings, Stepping Into Shoes, Dipping In The Pockets Of Her Raincoat. Ah, It’s Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du It’s Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du It’s Just Another Day. – It’s Just Another Day, Paul McCartney “Do we really have to go back again?” …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: After school routine, Bedtime routine, Daily transitions with kids, Dinner routine, Family routines, Home routines, Homework, Morning routine, Power struggles, Preparing for learning, Preparing for school, School year routines
Posted on January 14, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Morning Routine Redux – Adjusting to Winter Weather
“Where are your gloves? Uuuuhhhrrrr!” I growled this morning. Hats, gloves, boots, shoes and socks have been strewn everywhere through our tiny hallway and into our kitchen from our side door – so much so that I can’t walk without stepping on some article of clothing. I thought we were doing okay in the mornings. …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Adjusting to winter weather, Calm, checklists, Highly responsible child, Kids and Self-control, Morning anxiety, Morning routine, Morning stress, Parents and Self-control, Patience, Positive Family Environment, Self control, The Checklist Manifesto
Reinvigorating Your School Year Routines
It’s Just Another Day. Slipping Into Stockings, Stepping Into Shoes, Dipping In The Pockets Of Her Raincoat. Ah, It’s Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du It’s Just Another Day. Du Du Du Du Du It’s Just Another Day. – It’s Just Another Day, Paul McCartney “Do we really have to go back again?” …
Posted on August 6, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Easing the Transition Back to School
I’m gonna hold onto this couch and never let go! – E. Miller, Age 6 It’s the morning after our summer vacation at the lake. E awoke and said he had had a nightmare. “My school became a haunted village. A ghost dragged me around the grounds. And all of my school friends were at …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Back to School, child anxiety, Children, easing the transition back to school, Ending and beginning, Heightened emotions, helping child prepare for school, Morning routine, parents preparing for back to school, Routine
Posted on January 4, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A Truly Good Morning
I love the mornings! I clap my hands every morning and say, ‘This is gonna be a great day!’ – Dicky Fox, Jerry Maguire, 1996 Do you consider yourself a morning person? Are you someone who loves to get up bright and early and has energy and vocal cords that work by the break of …
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