by Bonnie Harris | Oct 5, 2022 | Anger Management, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Confident Parents, Empathy, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, tantrums
Are you trying to do the right thing by validating your child’s feelings only to hear even angrier tirades? Your best intentions backfire and you don’t know why. Let’s break this down to figure out why your child is reacting negatively when you are trying to...
by Bonnie Harris | Apr 11, 2022 | Confident Parents, Discipline, Empathy, Everyday Parenting, Newsletter, tantrums
As I sit blissfully holding my infant grandson, I am struck by his fragility and vulnerability. He is dependent on us, his caregivers. And we in turn look to every possible behavioral sign to determine what needs caring for. Is he hungry, tired, does he have an...
by Bonnie Harris | Oct 5, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Discipline, Newsletter, tantrums, Teens
Are you exhausted and overwhelmed by your clever little manipulator who fights you every step of the way, won’t take no for an answer and will not be told what to do? Do the words stubborn, demanding, disrespectful, disobedient, and argumentative come to mind? My...
by Bonnie Harris | Mar 19, 2021 | Anger Management, Communication, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health, tantrums
Q. My son will make a negative statement about anything and then immediately follow it by a more extreme version, e.g. “I want to die…I have wanted to die since I was born!” OR “No, I don’t know that you love me…I have NEVER known...
by Bonnie Harris | May 10, 2020 | Communication, Current Events, tantrums
Ever notice that when things are going really well and you feel balanced, you are patient, flexible, empathic, and fun-loving with your children? And when you feel generally crummy, stressed, tired and hungry, your focus turns in on yourself and you get quite...
by Bonnie Harris | Oct 11, 2019 | Anger Management, Communication, Discipline, tantrums
What happens to you when your child behaves less than perfectly? When he ignores you or she screams, “I don’t have to listen to you.” Some of you can respond effectively by changing your behavior and addressing whatever the situation is from a different or calmer...
