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Happy Family Habit #11: “Time-Ins” for the Whole Family

February 24 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Image Credit: © Alexandre Normand | 06.09.13 & 04.30.12 | CC by 2.0 I'm so honored to have my friend Zina from Let's Lasso the Moon  participating in our Happy Family Habits series.  I relate so much to Zina's parenting philosophy and just adore her blog.   Today she's sharing TONS of great tips and resources for stopping melt-downs in both ourselves and our kids before they even start. Above all else, this post just made me feel incredibly hopeful about what I could achieve with this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Happy Family Habits Tagged With: how to stop yelling at your kids, parenting, positive parenting, stopping meltdowns, stopping tantrums, time-ins, toddler tanturms

Getting Kids to Listen While Staying Calm

February 12 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

I’ve got some very good news to share today.  Parenting guru, Today Show expert, and MPMK favorite Amy McCready is once again offering up UPDATE: New Date A FREE Positive Parenting Webinar to MPMK readers next Monday, September 29th at both 10am PST/1pm EST and 6pm PST/9 pm EST.   I’m such a fan of Amy that I try to host these free training sessions about every 3 months.  But with the baby prep, I haven’t hosted one since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: calm parenting, getting kids to listen, positive parenting, stopping tantrums, stopping whining, tantrums, whining

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