How should we treat our children when they disobey us? Cultured Mama explores this question as she asks Does God Withdraw His Love from Sinners?
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February 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche continues her 10 Commandments For Parents series with The 10 Commandments for Parents: Taking His Name in Vain.
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) continues her 52 Tool Cards series with 52 Tool Cards Double Feature: Focus on Solutions and Problem Solving.
While we’re on the subject of gentle parenting, here is a Guest Post from Momma on a Mission: Journey to Gentle Discipline.
Parenting Teenagers is Hard
February 11, 2012 5 Comments
Jen of The Path Less Taken explains why a man who shoots his daughter’s laptop is Not Her Idea Of a Hero.
How Does God Respond To His Children When They Sin?
February 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
Carissa Robinson looks at how God Responds To His Children When They Sin. Do we respond to our children the same way?
And to help us with that, Pearl in Oyster (PIO) explains how to use Natural Consequences in a gentle way as she continues her 52 Tool Card Series. This is a very important post as it is very easy to ruin the lesson with the wrong attitude.
Watch Thy Tongue
January 31, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche shares a guest post about our words and the power they hold over our children.
More Commandments for Parents
January 30, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche continues her 10 Commandments For Parents series with The 10 Commandments for Parents: No Graven Image.
Getting Children to Cooperate
January 28, 2012 Leave a Comment
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) continues her 52 Tool Cards series with a very helpful post about eliciting cooperation by observing aloud and playful parenting.
Meanwhile, Dulce de Leche explains how we should Use Our Words carefully in order to make sure that our young children understand what we want from them.
More 52 Tool Cards Posts
January 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) adds to her 52 Tool Card series with
52 Tool Cards: Winning Cooperation and
52 Tool Cards Double Feature: Connection Before Correction and Closet Listening.
Commandments for Parents
January 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche explains how some parents inadvertently set themselves up as idols in The 10 Commandments for Parents: No Other Gods.
Alison Strobel explains Golden Rule Parenting.
The Importance of Apologies
January 11, 2012 1 Comment
Youngmom adds another tool to your Gentle Parenting Toolbox, Apology. This is a very important post which explains the how and why of using apologies in gentle parenting.
Thoughts Of A Gentle Christian Mother
January 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
Alison Strobel shares how and why she became a Gentle Christian Mother and how it has improved her life.
Big Emotions
January 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche explains the importance of feelings in Opening Up the GD Toolbox: Big Emotions.
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) offers a 52 Tool Card Double Feature: Wheel of Choice and Anger Wheel of Choice. She also has some insight from Jeff VanVonderen about three Greek words for anger in the Bible.
A Look at Shaming and More
December 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Emily of Peace On Dark Nights has a guest post at Our2crazyboys Where She Talks About Shaming. I highly recommend that everyone read this and consider her words carefully.
While we’re discussing gentle parenting, take a look at Pearl In Oyster’s (PIO’s) post about Silent Signals, you might find it very useful. This post is part of her series on 52 Tool Cards.
Also, Youngmom has some helps for Turning Bad Days Around which you might find helpful.
Responding To Children With Grace
December 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Carissa Robinson shares What Really Matters in a beautiful story of how she responded to a screaming fit with grace.
Jobs for Young Children
December 20, 2011 5 Comments
Pearl In Oyster (PIO) looks at what Jobs one can expect their young children to do around the house.
Gentle Parenting
December 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
I have had so much to share lately that my Gentle Parenting posts have been building up. Here are some great posts to help you fill your Gentle Discipline Toolbox as well as encourage you in your Gentle Parenting.
Claire continues her Myth Busting at Dare To Disciple with Myth Busting 8: Breaking a lamb’s leg.
Dulce de Leche explains about Opening Up the GD Toolbox: Stories.
Carissa Robinson shares about Parenting Through Changes.
Melissa aka YoungMom tells us why Everyday is Forever.
Pearl in Oyster continues her series 52 Tool Cards Double Feature: Empower your Kids and Encouragement.
Cultured Mama explains How to Raise a Human, Radically.
Sally Clarkson shares Her philosophy of parenting: Pondering Christ.
Disciplining the Adopted Child
November 21, 2011 3 Comments
Kelly of Toll For Thee shares how he Disciplines her Adopted Child without spanking.
While we’re discussing Gentle Discipline, Dulce de Leche has some more tools for your Gentle Discipline Toolbox:
Opening Up the GD Toolbox: Physical Needs
Opening Up the GD Toolbox: Play
Gentle Discipline
November 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
I have had so much to share lately that my Gentle Parenting links have been piling up.
Carissa Robinson describes Genuine Obedience.
Dulce De Leche explains about Gentle Parenting, that It’s a Lifestyle, Not an Event.
Claire continues her Myth Busting series with Myth Busting 6: “I could see it in her eyes”.
Greengem reminds us to keep Playful Parenting in our toolbox in My other car is a pterodactyl…
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) continues with her 52 Tool Cards series with 52 Tool Cards: Motivation and 52 Tool Cards: Follow Through.
52 Tool Cards: Hugs
October 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) shares another great tool for your toolbox: hugs. She shares an example of how well MamaPsamist’s lovely story of Gertie Giraffe works. <3
Positive Discipline
October 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Kirk Martin of Calm Christian Parenting asks Is this really defiance? What do YOU think? (Note: the comments show that Kirk Martin does not condemn spanking which makes this post a good one to share with pro-spankers)
Along similar lines but for younger children, Pearl in Oyster (PIO) continues her 52 Tool Cards with Teach Children What to Do.
Overcoming the Issues of The Older Adoptive Child
October 10, 2011 2 Comments
Veteran Adoptive Parent, Christine Minich explains the Issues with Older Adoptive Children and how to overcome them. What she recommends is almost the polar opposite of the Recipe For Disaster in my last post.
Understanding Our Little Ones
September 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
MamaPsalmist discusses a post from Positive Parenting which explains why Nonpunitive Discipline ≠ Lazy Parenting in Positive Parenting: Toddlers and Beyond: Nonpunitive Discipline ≠ Lazy Parenting.
On a similar note, Elizabeth (from Virginia Is For Mothers) shares some very helpful insight about giving grace and understanding to Child Size Problems.
And Pearl In Oyster (PIO) shares about validating and working through a three year old’s nighttime fears in Dealing with Tears & Fears at Bedtime.
Jesus: Gentle Parent
September 26, 2011 1 Comment
Little Hearts Gentle Parenting Resources posts about Jesus, The Gentle Parent and how we can learn from Him and His example.
Dealing With Big Feelings
September 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
MorningGloryGirl has a post at Dare To Disciple about Dealing With Children’s Big Feelings.
Disequilibrium
September 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Carissa Robinson explains the concept of Disequilibrium and what it looks like for her 3 yr old who is Swiftly Approaching Disequilibrium. This concept is from a series of books by Louise Bates Ames & Frances L. Ilg about what age appropriate behavior you can expect from children at each age. Learning about this is very valuable as it allows her to make a game plan which she helpfully shares with us.
Validate Emotions
September 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Pearl in Oysters (PIO) posts about the importance of Validating Emotions as part of her 52 Tool Cards series.
Gentle Parenting and Defiance
September 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
MamaPsalmist considers how hard it is to leave punitive spanking behind when a child is being defiant and if it is worth it in, Coming Out of Hiding.
Gentle Parenting Is More Than Just Not Spanking
September 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Dulce de Leche looks at the punitive mindset and how it affects our relationships with our children in It’s Not Just About Spanking.
Submission and Children
September 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
MamaPsalmist has some thoughts about Submission which I thought you might find interesting.
Natural Consequences
September 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
Carissa Robinson discusses Natural Consequences and gives 2 examples to help us along in our journey to gentle parenting.
And don’t miss this very important explanation of how being upset causes us to access the flight or fight part of our brains in 52 Tool Cards: Understand the Brain on Pearl in Oyster (PIO)
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