Adina’s Parenting Video Tips
Adina’s Positive Parenting Tips
Defiant Kids: The Explosive Child
There are many reasons children misbehave. They may be tired, annoyed, or frustrated. When we parents have to deal with a misbehaving child it can be rough. It can help if we recognize that children are generally not acting out on purpose, they usually have good reasons for why they misbehave. It is even harder if we have a child who tends to be defiant or even explosive. I always think about what Ross Greene says in his book, The Explosive Child: "An explosive outburst like other forms of maladaptive behavior occurs when the cognitive … [Read More...]
Discover Ways To Parent Without Anger
In our family we have a few phrases that help us live together peaceably, most of the time, okay, at least the times that we remember to use the peaceable phrases. One such phrase is this: "I guess we just had a miscommunication." Miscommunications happen all the time in families. In my family, it happens with my husband and it happens with my kids...a lot. A typical miscommunications sounds like this: Me to husband: "Did you leave the sub sandwiches in the car?" The kids are starved!" Husband to me: "I thought you were going to … [Read More...]
Good Parenting: Be A Confident Mom
When we were first pregnant my husband and I were at our local bookstore, just browsing, something we both love to do. As we were leaving the store we met 3 pregnant women each carrying a pile of about 10 parenting books. My husband being the gentleman that he was offered to help them. The told us happily that they were all due the same month and were already planning a playgroup for themselves and their new babies. “We all got the same parenting books so we can read them and have the same perspectives on child-rearing.” My husband and I … [Read More...]
Moms, Are You Overwhelmed? Meet Leslie Petruk
Only another week until our next class in our Parenting Simply Teleconference Series! On Wednesday May 29th, join us as Leslie Petruk talks about: "Overwhelmed Parent?! Gaining Your Child’s Cooperation While Building Their Confidence and Competence and Keeping your Calm" I wanted you all to get to know Leslie and give you a sneak peek at our class coming up next week! Here is our interview: Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am a Child & Family Therapist, Board Certified Coach, Leadership Coach and Parenting Expert. For … [Read More...]
Mother’s Day: 3 More Ways To Take Care Of Ourselves
Mother's Day is almost here. It is one of my most favorite days of the year. My husband asked me what I want to do this Mother's Day. I told him that I want to go swimming at the gym, have a large coffee ice cream cone at my favorite ice cream place, and I don't want to think about cooking or cleaning up from dinner. That would be the perfect Mother's Day for me. Yesterday, I posted 7 simple ways to take care of ourselves everyday, not just on Mother's Day. I couldn't stop thinking about this. If we just took some time for ourselves … [Read More...]
Parenting Responsible Children
Whose Report Card Is It Anyway? Encourage Your Child To Take Responsibility For Their School Work
I remember the feeling of anticipation and nervousness in elementary school when report cards were handed out. I wasn’t the greatest student but I always did okay, A’s, B’s and once in a while a few C’s. Whatever I did get my parents were pretty cool about it. They knew I was an avid reader [...]
The Best Way To Keep Your Family Happy
Our family just spent a lot of time together over the Spring holidays. We had lots of good times and some not so good times. We all took turns being in a bad mood. After 15 years of motherhood it is still hard to admit that even adults (that includes me) get cranky and whiny. [...]
