Posts Tagged ‘toolbox’
New Gentle Parenting Blog
There is a brand new blog called, Grace For My Sheep. Her latest post looks at a human’s inherent need for Jesus and how that relates to gentle parenting. Lovely! While we’re on the subject of Gentle Parenting, here is a very helpful post from Hippie Housewife called, Ten alternatives To Time Outs. The more…
Read MoreWhen a Toddler Won’t Obey
The Hippie Housewife shares 3 Ways to Respond to a Toddler Who Won’t Listen. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreMore Gentle Parenting Tools
Dulce de Leche continues her Opening Up The Gentle Discipline Toolbox Series with Opening Up the GD Toolbox: Redirection and Mutual Solutions and Connection. Pearl in Oyster (PIO) discusses why we should watch out for Pampering. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreSimplify Your Life By Deciding What You Will Do
Pearl In Oyster (PIO) shows us what Deciding What You Will Do looks like as she continues her 52 Tool Cards Series. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read More10 Commandments for Parents and 52 Tool Cards
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 Post…
Read MoreHow Does God Respond To His Children When They Sin?
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…
Read MoreGetting Children to Cooperate
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. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd…
Read MoreBig Emotions
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. For your sharing…
Read MoreGentle Parenting
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.…
Read MoreDisciplining the Adopted Child
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 For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Discipline
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…
Read More52 Tool Cards: Hugs
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 For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreDealing With Big Feelings
MorningGloryGirl has a post at Dare To Disciple about Dealing With Children’s Big Feelings. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreShowing Your Children That You Believe in Them
Pearl In Oyster (PIO) shares yet another tool from her 52 Tool Cards series, Show Faith or in other words, show them that you believe that they can do it. Another similar tool is to break tasks into Small Steps. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Parenting In Action
Libby Anne has a very interesting blog post about how being raised by the Pearls’ teachings affects her efforts to gently parent her daughter in Parenting Is Not A Contest. For more examples of Gentle Parenting, check out Pearl in Oyster’s (PIO’s) play by play of one whole day day: A Day in the Life,…
Read MoreStory Telling
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) shared about another handy tool for your toolbox, Story Telling. This tool is good for calming children as well as setting them up for success. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreControl Your Behavior
Pearl In Oyster (PIO) continues her 52 Tool Cards series with Control Your Behavior. This is something to keep in mind as I have also noticed that I tend to set the tone for the family. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreLimited Choices and Leading by Example
Pearl In Oyster (PIO) continues her 52 Tool Cards series with Limited Choices. While I’m on the subject of Gentle Parenting, I would like to mention this Post from The Hippie Housewife: Lead by Example. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MorePatience is a Virtue
Dulce de Leche shares how she discovered a new tool for her parenting toolbox, Waiting. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MorePearls from The Oyster
Pearl in Oyster (PIO) has a lot of great stuff on her site. I have linked before to her series on 52 Tool Cards. What a great way to fill your Gentle Discipline Toolbox! You can read all her posts in that series here. She also has some interesting Thoughts on Authority and Servant Leadership…
Read MoreMore About What Gentle Parenting Is
Greenegem from Dare To Disciple explains what being a Gentle Christian Mamma looks like in It’s Really Quite Simple… Meanwhile, on the same blog, Lucy explains that when it comes to parenting, One Size Does Not Fit All. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Parenting Toolbox part 2
Dulce de Leche has posted part 2 of her teaching on the Gentle Discipline Toolbox. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreCan a Parent be a Friend?
Dulce de Leche considers the common idea that a parent should not be a friend to their children in BFFs. She also has a new post with more info about your Personal Toolbox which you really should check out. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreFilling Your Gentle Discipline Toolbox
Pearl In Oyster, of An Apprenticeship in the Art of Gentle Discipline, has just started sharing 52 Tool Cards starting with Week 1: 3 Rs of Recovery. You’re going to want to follow her blog in order to read each episode of this series. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Parenting Tools
Dulce de Leche is coached in gentle parenting by her 7 yr old in Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Parenting of Teens
Lucy tells us how she gently parents her teenager at Dare to Disciple. Along similar lines, Virginia Is For Mothers has written a post about using Calm Words with our children rather than yelling and/or scolding. This is a good reminder for all of us. Meanwhile, Under Much Grace continues with her series analyzing the…
Read MoreA Few Tools That Have Worked
To help us expand our Gentle Discipline Toolbox, Carissa Robinson shares A Few Tools Which Have Worked For Her Sweet Little Guy. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreThe Hows of Gentle Discipline
The Hippie Housewife explains The Hows of Gentle Discipline in a very helpful post. This post is invaluable for anyone who wishes to give up spanking and needs help figuring out what to do instead. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGood Parenting Resources
Dulce de Leche shares how she rejected the teachings of Ezzo and Pearl and what she replaced them with in Christian Parenting Books: How Our Bookshelf Grew. She then shares her Christian Parenting Books Recommendations which is a very good resource. And here are her Discipline Books Recommendations. Back in April she shared another very…
Read MoreGrace Is For Mamas, too
Dulce has done a post at Authentic Parenting Blog called, Gently Disciplining Ourselves – Part I. In this post she explains how to be the kind of parent you were planing to be when you were a child. Here is Part 2. Here is Part 3. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
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