Moving to a new home can feel exciting and scary, specifically for kids. Make the process a bit easier with these tips for preparing your child to move. Moving is rough at any age, and it can feel earth-shattering for …
Emotional Regulation Activities For Kids
Emotional regulation is a critical skill for children to learn, as it helps them understand and manage their emotions in a healthy way. For young children, it can be a challenge to understand and control their emotions, which is why …
How To Teach Kids Frustration Tolerance Through Activities
Frustration is part of life. Kids will experience it, no matter how hard you try to shield them from it. It’s inevitable that kids will have to deal with challenges at some point. The real question is whether or not …
How To Stop A Toddler From Running Away
If you have a runaway child and need help to keep your child from bolting, then you need to read this. When my kids were toddlers, I was always super uneasy when leaving the house because I never knew what …
6 Tips for Dealing With A Toddler Who Hits
Mom of 3’s expert tips on how to discipline a toddler who hits you and others around. You’re probably thinking that no child could possibly be as challenging as a 2-year old. After all, how much trouble can one little …
Anger Management Games for Kids
As parents, we all want to help our children learn healthy ways to cope with their emotions. One of the most powerful emotions that children experience is anger. Teaching children how to manage their angry feelings in a fun way …
Powerful Ways To Calm Down Your High Energy Toddler
When my first child was a toddler, I combed through as many parenting books and blogs as I could to find tips on how to deal with high energy kids. Active children keep a mother very busy, and boy was …
Self Esteem Games For Kids and Confidence Boosting Activities
Fun self esteem games for kids to grow a child’s self-esteem and banish negative thoughts and feelings while promoting a growth mindset. Being joyful, resilient, and successful all require a high level of self-esteem. When kids are secure in who …
18 Things That Are More Important Than Discipline When Raising Kids
The conventional wisdom that discipline is the most important thing when raising kids is wrong. A lot of people think this way because they haven’t had good experiences with their own parents, and so they’re looking for a way to …
Stop Making These Mistakes Around Children’s Tantrums
Toddlers are just learning to express themselves and get frustrated when they can’t do what they want. As a parent, it’s important that you don’t let their tantrums control how you react. Here are some common mistakes parents make around …
Why Is It So Hard To Teach Kids To Clean? (It’s Not Just You)
Teaching children to clean is not a simple task. It appears to be more hassle than it is worth! Here are some ideas for getting your kids to help you with chores. I entered our laundry room and came to …
Table Manners You Can Teach Your Kids For Peaceful Mealtimes
Table etiquette for children do not have to be difficult. Here are a few basic things we can teach our children to make dinnertime more enjoyable, amicable, and meaningful time spent together. Spending time at the table with the kids …
5 Bad Habits That Parents Should Help Their Kids Break
Many kids pick up bad habits from a young age. It’s important for parents to recognize and take action to reduce these habits in their children. Many children pick up habits from various sources. They may pick up habits by …
How To Encourage Quiet Kids To Open Up
When your child avoids social interaction, such as hiding behind your legs at the playground or clutching the wall at a birthday celebration, it’s simple to classify them as shy. However, a socially distant youngster may not be shy at …
4 Easy Things To Do When Kids Get Hyper
Somedays kids just seem to get each other riled up, and with each passing moment they get louder and louder…and sometimes that makes a momma wanna snap! Here are 4 things I do in my home to help my kids …