How Boundaries Make Us Feel Safe.

It's always so exciting for me to talk to a new client/parent and get to know their story, and have the honor of helping them.

Lately I've had a few clients who had concerns about their toddlers screaming a lot. (This post is definitely not just for parents of toddlers though)

I was very...

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Changing Our Perspective

Some of you might remember, I mentioned moving into a new house a few weeks ago.

It’s one of THE most amazing blessings for me الحمدللہ because I can’t tell you how much and how long I wanted a bigger place!

We bought our old house when we had no kids and didn’t know if we ever...

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Boundary setting mindshift

Go from “saying” to “doing”

If we’re saying the same thing many times and the child is not listening that means it’s silly to keep saying the same thing and expect different results. We as adults, can make a different choice instead of expecting children to...

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Parents Have Boundaries Too

I’m going to tell you a secret to increase your patience with your sweet kids.

Sometimes when we first become familiar with respectful parenting, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that setting boundaries is altogether not part of this kind of parenting.

We tend to start veering...

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Part 2: Boundaries- Setting Up Our Kids for Success

For all our kids’ lives, even when they’re teenagers, we all benefit from setting up an environment of success.

For example, if you want to start eating healthy, you will stop buying junk food and bringing it to your house. Yes?

You won’t tempt yourself with a situation where...

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Stopping Unsafe/Unwanted Behavior

How To Stop Unwanted Behavior

1- Use positive language, instead of “Don’t run!”, try “Please, walk”

- Matlab (eg.) instead of saying what they shouldn’t do, say what they CAN do.

2- Redirect. Matlab (eg.) give options that work for you both. “I...

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