Cute idea, cute app!
Beep & Boop is a clever and simple new app. Hit Beep when they do the right thing, Boop when they do the wrong thing. Add click to read the full gem …
Stop Banging Your Heads Together
At breakfast a few weeks ago a fellow RaisingGems member mentioned she was frustrated with her husband. “He… [read the Gem]
Whining Can Leave You Out In The Cold
Sadie loves to whine. Oh Lord does she love to whine. If whining were a sport, I'm pretty sure she… [read the Gem]
Thinking Outside The Bath
My kids HATE getting out of the bath. This is considerably annoying given how hard it is to get them… [read the Gem]
You can make excuses in one hand and crap in the other and see what gets filled up first.
If there is a problem, deal with it head on. Ask click to read the full gem …
Fun way (well fun for you, not so much for them) to get them to ask for what they want, Shrug!
For example:
Sadie comes to the kitchen and thrusts a click to read the full gem …
So often with our children, we become mind readers.
We know exactly what our kids are going to ask for without them even having to ask.
Make them ask!
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Empathy seems to complex to teach..its not.
In some respects it is, because it is not a lesson that can be taught like saying thank you, or not sticking M click to read the full gem …
Thanks so much to Sarah for sending this my way!
A study at Stanford University known as the “Marshmallow Experiment” tests young children’s ability to make decisions.
Hopefully you will remember a post I did a few weeks ago called “Something For Nothing“.
Halloween candy is a great way to put this theory into practice. click to read the full gem …
Halloween can be a scary night… for us!
It is dark.
There are loads of people everywhere.
There might be multiple lookalikes of your kids running around (Sadie is a click to read the full gem …
Want to make sure your kids know what to do on Halloween night?
Practice makes perfect!
Have a trial run the day before.
Have your kids dress up in their click to read the full gem …
Well ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of year again.
There are a brave few of us who have kids who get freaked out by the idea of dressing up in click to read the full gem …