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Is this Parenting?
6AM Wake up! Shower (optional), get breakfast ready, get everyone up! Back-packs, notices, lunches, everyone out the door and in the car! Driving to school, daycare, activities, picking out the next...
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Stop working to make life “fun” for your kids. It already is!
It seems that some kids nowadays don’t wake up excited about the day – whatever the day. We even hear children whine about privileges, “Awww, do I have to go to hockey practice?” Hockey is a...
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11 Rules for Real Life Success
In the last few weeks, a Facebook post attributed to Bill Gates has been circulating via email. It is our understanding that these points are actually from the book “Dumbing Down our Kids” by educator,...
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All Parents Make Mistakes
It’s pretty easy to screw up parenting. The fact is, parenting is real life. We tell kids (who are facing new experiences daily) that mistakes are a part of learning. They are for parents too. Sadly,...
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WHY?
Three little letters Doesn’t seem like much – three little letters. Three little letters can make a big difference in our daily lives. In his book, WOW A Handbook for Living, Zen Ohashi shares, “When a...
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Growing Independent Kids
Let’s face it – no parent wants to raise a victim! We certainly don’t set out to create fearful, cheating, disadvantaged young people who aren’t necessarily willing to try or aren’t capable of making...
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Mom, I’m Bored – Tips to Save your Sanity
Spring Break, can wreak havoc in the hearts of parents everywhere. The three, most dreaded words are: MOM, I’M BORED! In our society, many children are used to being entertained throughout the day....
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Lost for Words – When Parents Just Don’t Know the Answers
We long for our child’s first words; then, it feels like they’ll never stop talking. At first, the questions are fun – it feels great being able to share our knowledge with the future generation; and...
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Is my child’s behavior normal? What’s wrong with my parenting?
At Parenting Power, the overreaching question we hear is “IS THIS NORMAL?” It feels like parents have worked up a great deal of courage to contact us and say, “My child does this. It makes me want to...
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5 Steps to STOP another #Parsons Tragedy
The Rehtaeh Parsons story has sparked a number of questions: What can schools do about this situation? What is the government doing about this situation? At Parenting Power, we have one question and it...
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Spring is here Alberta! “JOHN – GET OUT OF THAT PUDDLE!”
We spent a lovely afternoon at the park yesterday – the first day that it felt really nice enough to sit in the sun without a coat (some of the time) and let the kids run free. Other families felt...
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Tantrums – Are they just for toddlers?
As parents, we have come to expect/fear/dread the two-year old tantrum. We proclaim with frustration and acceptance that our 18 month-old is already on the way to two because the fondness for the word...
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5 Tips for Helping Young Kids to Deal with Anger
Once a child turns three, we can begin to teach strategies for dealing with feelings of anger, sadness or frustration.Different ideas work for different children and what works may change as your child...
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Keep talking to kids about technology – turns out they’re listening!
There was a time when technology was the Darth Vader of the parenting world; a hooded, masked character who was out to get the children at every turn. We worried, we protected, and we talked with our...
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What Does Self Esteem Look Like?
While we can’t actually see Self Esteem, it shows itself through the following symptoms: 1. Acceptance – Knowing that your weaknesses exist because you are normal and not because you are a loser. 2....
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What does Self Esteem Look Like?
While we can’t actually see Self Esteem, it shows itself through the following symptoms: 1. Acceptance – Knowing that your weaknesses exist because you are normal and not because you are a loser. 2....
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Parenting Just Shouldn’t Be So Complicated
“So why does this self-esteem stuff even matter?” “Don’t I have enough to do already?” It seems like the daily priorities use up a ton of time and energy. Getting kids where they need to be, food in...
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Self Esteem from Seven Different Angles
In her book, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, Christiane Northrup, M.D., devotes an entire chapter to the Anatomy of Self-esteem. She outlines seven areas of self-esteem. Let’s explore Dr. Northrup’s point of...
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Surviving Summer Boredom and Sibling Rivalry
Summer brings a change of pace. Evenings stretch later and mornings aren’t so harried. Casual calm can evolve into casual chaos! Togetherness 24/7 can be quite taxing. Emotions get out of hand and...
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Comforting kids in the Alberta Flood
No matter how you have been impacted by the Alberta Flood, if you’ve got kids, they have too. Here are 5 quick tips to consider as we all move forward during this overwhelming and unbelievable time:...
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