Like most of you, I am trying to figure out the juggle in this apparent "new normal" we call Covid, and find a balance that works. One of my challenges is that, right when I think I've found a good balance, something happens that knocks me off the beam and leaves me scrambling to adjust [...]
It can be argued that anger is not a feeling, but a reaction to a feeling. * When your child says hurtful things to you, you feel sad, or hurt, and react by yelling at her to go to her room until she has something nice to say. * When your partner doesn't follow through [...]
Do you ever think to yourself, “I wish I could stop yelling at my kids”? I get it! Yelling was my vice, and the ensuing guilt was what motivated me to parent differently. The thing is—when you are trying to do away with one behavior, you have to replace it with another, or you [...]