Anything Worth Doing (audio & transcript)
Listen to this episode You’ve heard, I’m sure, “anything worth doing is worth doing well,” right? Well, consider this, Dear Heart: “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”* Frankly, pretty […]
Monday’s Whisper-du-Jour About Resistance
(Click here for an audio version of this post.) Today’s whisper-du-jour: Your 3-year-old son is fascinated with water. He loves playing with water, and you can be sure that whenever […]
Forcing Spring
This is a followup to the blueberry post I recently wrote. In fact, what I wrote below was in response to an unschooling question back in January of 2006: Someone […]
Blueberries and the Unhurried Child ~ Inspiration from the Garden
We have several highbush blueberry shrubs growing here on our 2 acres in the Catskill Mountains. They are prolific, yielding lots of blueberries. But, not all at once. There are […]
A Great Session Today!
So, you probably know that I am a Peaceful Parenting Whisperer life coach (after all, it’s everywhere you look on this site, right?). My specialty, as you know by the […]
How Do We Help Our Kids Handle Frustration?
So, here’s a question I fielded recently, and I thought that it might be helpful to other folks. Here’s the question that was posed: How should I react to my […]
A Peaceful Parenting Promise
So… I saw a meme posted earlier today that inspired me to create a meme of my very own! The text of the original meme went like this: “My promise […]
Nuts & Bolts
Hey Folks, Whatcha doin’ Tuesday night, May 28th at 8 pm (EDT)? Nothing? Good. Join me in a tele-class, the first in a series of three. There is no charge […]
Life is like…
I happen to be one of those people who questions everything. You probably wouldn’t suspect that of me because I may appear meek and accepting. Believe it, though: The folks […]
Helping you W.A.I.T.
So… remember a post I did here about two weeks ago or so regarding mindfulness in your responses to your kids (or, really, whomever)? I had an idea when I […]
Peaceful Parenting in a Violent World
I just read a little meme on my Facebook page, posted by a sweet friend of mine: “I’m afraid of a world run by adults who were never spanked as […]
W.A.I.T.!
Here’s the scenario. You are working intently on a project at home. You’re really involved in it and deeply focused. Your 12-year-old daughter comes home. She’s mumbling and perhaps a […]
Supporting a Loved One Who Self-Sabotages
What, I ask you, is more difficult than watching your loved one struggle through life? You witness them trying so hard — they are so talented, so creative — but […]
Power Struggles ~ Getting Everyone Out Alive!
This is the companion piece to the paper Seven Steps to Heaven, which lays out a strategy to be used to find mutually agreeable, workable, long-term solutions to issues that […]
Your child as an alien
Imagine you’re a visitor to another country. Not just another country, but a whole other culture. You’re alone, and not only don’t you speak the language, but none of the […]
You be you; I’ll be me.
I recently received a question from a mother of a 10-year-old girl. Here’s what she asked: “My daughter and I have regular struggles over things that I want her […]
My Response to “Please Don’t Help My Kids”
A lovely friend of mine wrote to me and asked what I thought of this particular blog post entitled, “Please Don’t Help My Kids.” And, I do have some thoughts […]
An Infographic…Take a Break
OK. This may not be totally germane to peaceful parenting, but it is germane to living in this day and age, which I’m sure you do. And, if you are anything […]
Three Steps to Mindful Presence
Here’s the scenario. Your plate is piled high with stuff: stuff on your to-do list, projects, calls to make, people to see, bills to pay, disagreements you may have. You […]
What do you mean, “whisperer”?
I’ve got this bumper sticker on the back of my car. It says, “World peace begins at home. Be nicer to your kids.” It’s a sound observation and an excellent […]
Separate. Yes? No? Oh, decisions!
When I was a new mom, I had a dilemma. See, I’m a performing musician, and when my son was maybe 4 weeks old, I got a call for a […]
Seven Steps to Heaven (Parenting Heaven, that is!)
Seven Steps to Heaven, Or How I Learned to Stop Fighting and Love the Process is the paper for you if you are hankering for an elegant, effective way to end […]
The effects of spanking
If you consider corporal punishment to be a viable and effective parenting strategy, I urge you to watch this approximately 17-minute piece. And, then call 845 . 657 . 3111. […]
My Response to “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”
There is a national conversation now underway in response to the horrific events of Friday, December 15, 2012, when a young man, a 20-year-old, murdered his mother and then, for […]
Children and their needs
What is a child? I know that sounds like a snarky question, but stay with me a moment. A child is a little human being, new to the human experience. […]
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