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The Three Best Parenting Resolutions for 2011

by Amy McCready

What’s on your list of New Year’s resolutions this year? Exercise more? Eat better? Read more?
These are all great resolutions—which is why many of us list them year after year, and abandon them within weeks.

Instead, why not limit your New Year’s resolutions to actions that can have a dramatic impact on your family life? When [...]

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“I’m not wearing that!”

by Amy McCready

Most parents can relate to the morning battle over what to wear to school. Even though your child’s closet is filled with plenty of clothes appropriate for any weather or occasion, you cringe when she shows up at breakfast with a purple plaid skirt, a Mickey Mouse tank top that looks like it’s been [...]

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Do’s and Don’ts to End Hitting and Biting for Good (part 2)

by Amy McCready

In Part 1 of Do’s and Don’ts to End Hitting and Biting for Good we discussed the best ways to address hitting and biting in toddlers. This post will address what you should do for kids OVER the age of 3.
To start, you should follow the same guidelines for children under the [...]

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Do’s and Don’ts to End Hitting and Biting for Good (part 1)

by Amy McCready

This is the first of a two part post on the Do’s and Don’ts to bring hitting and biting to an end. This post will discuss what to do for kids under the age of three. The next post will address what to do for children 3 and older.
Parents are understandably concerned when [...]

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“I’m sorry!”

by Amy McCready

How many times have our kids given the obligatory “I’m sorry” when we know good and well that they didn’t really mean it?
You know the drill…child does something unsavory to a sibling or friend and mom/dad require that an apology be issued. The child grudgingly complies with a half-hearted “I’m sorry” so [...]

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Enough of the Whining Already

by Amy McCready

WHY DO KIDS WHINE? Because we provide a PAYOFF! When kids whine – we DO SOMETHING and that something offers a payoff that makes the behavior continue.
When children whine, cling or display other annoying attention-seeking behaviors, they are trying to achieve a particular goal, or payoff. These irritating, frustrating, maddening behaviors [...]

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