When childhood choices meet natural consequences wonderful lessons can be taught with no parental imposition. The only requirement is that parents allow for those consequences to take place; The kindergartner who refuses the sweater must be allowed to be cold at school, the 4th grader who skips practice all week isn’t allowed to play in [...]
I am a believer in the teaching power of natural consequences. I know that after an evening spent shivering at a ballgame, I take a sweater to the next event . If I forget something I need at work and suffer the frustration of being ill prepared, I take immediate steps to improve my organizational [...]
Everyone with children knows, kids cry. A lot. It can’t be avoided. It’s developmental. Before they can talk they cry, and after they have words they cry. They cry when they are sad, frustrated, angry, and tired. Sometimes their crying escalates to full-blown, lay on the floor, red-in-the-face tantrums. Kids are rarely inhibited by onlookers [...]
If you have already read “Know Your Because,” you may benefit further from some real life examples of how to put it into practice.When addressing differences with adults consider this: Imagine a grandparent’s questioning of your decision to breastfeed. Explain by calmly stating, “I have decided to breastfeed because my research and my pediatrician feel [...]