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When Parents Disagree on Discipline

by Amy McCready

5 Strategies to Bring You Together

What do you do when Mom and Dad can’t agree on a discipline philosophy? Dealing with difficult behavior from toddlers or teens can be challenging in any family, but when Mom and Dad are at different ends of the discipline spectrum, everyone loses.
Fortunately, there are 5 simple strategies to [...]

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Grandparents As Sitters – 3 Guidelines To Avoid Conflict

by Amy McCready

Whether its daily childcare or just the occasional Saturday night date, one of the greatest stress inducers for parents is trusting the sitter you’ve arranged to watch your children. The younger the children, the higher the anxiety and stress. However, if the grandparents are available, the anxiety disappears. Right?
What could be better? [...]

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Disciplining Other People’s Children

by Amy McCready

Have you ever seen children acting up in the grocery store…and not just acting up, but being downright obnoxious? What do you do? It takes every fiber of your being to just walk by when you really want to go over and discipline them. You reason that it will help the child [...]

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Do vs. Don’t

by Amy McCready

“Don’t run in the house!” “Don’t chew with your mouth open.” “DON’T” instructions require children to process twice.

1. What does she “NOT” want me to do?
2. What does she WANT me to do instead? Very CONFUSING!

Instead – give “DO” instructions. State what you want the child to DO. “Please use walking feet in the [...]

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Why are POWER STRUGGLES so hard to correct?

by Amy McCready

Actually, they aren’t hard to correct. It’s just that parents often pick the wrong strategy to correct them!
Don’t feel bad about this. Discipline approaches for power struggles are NOT INTUITIVE. In fact, the opposite is true: most of the intuitive approaches that parents use to “correct” power struggles, actually make them worse.
Power struggles may present [...]

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Time Out Gone Bad

by Amy McCready

While surfing through TV stations last night, I stumbled upon one of the reality “nanny shows”. I was laughing hysterically and a bit horrified at the same time by the advice from the “helpful” nanny.
This was the scene: A three-year- old “spirited” girl disobeyed her mother. The nanny and the mother decided to discipline [...]

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