Are you ready to release control and embrace courageous love for the next 28 days? Want to see the amazing difference that courageous love makes? Come along!Today, let us start from right where we are and take one step forward to a better tomorrow.What does it mean to love courageously?Courageous love is unconditional - not based on behavior or achievements...
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How to explain IQ testing to your gifted child
Your child received IQ testing as part of a gifted identification evaluation through the school. How do you explain the results to your child?1. A few reminders about IQ testing Individualized IQ testing is administered one to one by a highly trained clinical or school psychologist. Don't confuse these tests with the group screening exams...
There and Back Again
I'm glad The Hobbit decided against using this title. It's a good blog post title, don't you think?When I first became a mother 8 years ago, it was all about the love. Just love.As I held my baby close, rocked him, looked at his sleeping baby face and marveled at this little human being I had brought into this world, there was this fierce, wild,...
How to Be the Positive Leader Your Child Needs
Our children naturally look to us for leadership. As a proponent for positive parenting, I have been asked how we can hold authority without ruling with an iron fist. How can we be the gentle, positive, effective leaders our children need?Here are 10 Tips:1. Set clear boundaries. Helping children to understand and stay within the boundaries we set...
Own Your Feelings and Actions
The following is adapted from a chapter in The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition, available .Own Your Feelings and Actions "Learning to effectively manage our own emotions and actions is crucial. We simply cannot guide our children to self-discipline if we do not possess self-discipline ourselves. If we cannot control our anger outbursts,...
Calling all Bloggers and Reviewers
I just released The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition!Happily, the book is already on the bestseller list and is #1 in the Hot New Releases in 2 categories! Yay!I'm looking for 20 bloggers who would like to read a FREE PDF copy of my book to review on your blog and on Amazon/Goodreads. If you're an interested blogger, please send...
FREE Chapter of The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition
The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition is now available on , , , and .I'm reading a free chapter of The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition by Rebecca Eanes! IntroductionAllow me to begin my writings to you by telling you a short tale. This particular tale is my own, but I suspect that it may feel quite familiar...
Consequences That Teach
There is a disturbing new parenting trend for "creative consequences" which usually involves shaming the child publicly in some way. But is shaming children really the way to go? Is it effective?Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has spent the last 12 years researching shame, guilt, and vulnerability. She says, "Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding...
TRU Calm Parent Relaxation and Self-Renewal Series Review
Parenthood, especially in those early years, doesn't provide much in the way of relaxation and self-renewal, yet it's critical to our physical and mental health to re-prioritize our time and make a space for it.Andy Smithson of TRU Parenting knows how busy we are, so he's put together this series for busy parents to center themselves in under 15 minutes...
Smart Girls in the 21st Century
“There are smart girls in every classroom whose capacity and desire to learn are overlooked and go unnoticed simply because they don’t fit their society’s image – and their particular school’s definition of giftedness.”Parents of gifted children – and in this instance, gifted girls - bear the responsibility of parenting more intensely in very absolute...
When Young Children Tell Lies
One of the biggest pet peeves of parents is when they catch their children lying. It makes us feel betrayed and deceived by the ones we love most. It is a strong trigger for many parents that can cause us to react irrationally with harsh consequences. Children lie for all sorts of reasons but the truth about lying may surprise you.Because of how the...
Love Courageously
The infant is crying. She's up again, just 45 minutes after her last feeding. She's hungry. She didn't eat enough last time. And she misses mama's skin. It's 3 am. "Just let her cry," you're told. "She has to learn to sleep. She'll stop eventually." She cries until she's exhausted and falls back to sleep.The toddler is overwhelmed to the point of a...