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This is such a powerful quote and one that is so important for us all to remember, especially if we are parents or work with children. . Anger, violent outbursts, shouting and yelling, particularly if prolonged or recurrent all mask feelings of anxiety, sadness, worry and grief. . . To lessen these undesirable behaviours, we have to understand what is happening to cause the underlying feelings of ‘dis-ease’. We have to make the child feel happy, calm, loved and supported again. If we punish, shame, exclude or chastise we only add to the sad feelings that are causing the anger. .and ultimately, we make it worse. . . #gentleparenting #gentlediscipline #peacefulparenting #peacefulparent #consciousparenting #mindfulparenting #mindfulmothering #consciousmothering #consciousdiscipline #attachmentparenting #positivediscipline #sarahockwellsmith #gentledisciplinebookMy day today...writing chapter four of ‘The Second Baby Book’. All about preparing number one for number two. 🧒🏼👧🏾👶🤰🏻🤱🏽👩👧 . It’s SUCH a meaty chapter; including how to bedshare with two, how to stop bedsharing before number two arrives (and get them ‘sleeping through the night’ and settling for someone other than mum), the science of tandem feeding and how to do it and how to wean from breastfeeding (full stop or just at night) before number two arrives, settling into daycare, potty training when pregnant (or with a newborn), preparing number one emotionally, introducing the new siblings and the most pressing question of all “should you buy your firstborn a present from the new baby?” . I’m actually beginning to think this chapter could be a whole book by itself 😂 . Book is out in 8mths and I haven’t spell/grammar checked this yet 😉 (I know there are many errors - I write first, then copyread/edit later, otherwise it kills the ‘flow’!). . . . #gentleparenting #secondbaby #secondbabybook #newbigbrother #newbigsister #expectingagain #secondpregnancy #attachmentparenting #mindfulparenting #consciousparenting #peacefulparenting #cosleeping #babycalm #toddlercalm #bedsharing #tandemnursing #tandemfeeding #newbook #sarahockwellsmith #authorsofinstagramI didn’t realise how much I loved to swear until I had kids 😂 - did you know it’s supposed to be a sign of intelligence though? . . . #swearing #cursing #gentleparenting #mindfulparenting #monkeyseemonkeydo #rolemodel #sarahockwellsmith #parentingfail #parentingfun #motheringBoys don’t need any special parenting (neither do girls). What they DO need is parents to raise them compassionately, respectfully and free of gender stereotypes! . . . #gentleparenting #gentlediscipline #positiveparenting #positivediscipline #consciousparenting #consciousdiscipline #attachmentparenting #naturalparenting #mindfulparenting #peacefulparenting #genderneutral #raisingboys #raisinggirls #boymom #boymum #boymama #boymumma #mothertoboys #mumtoboysTop Posts & Pages
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Tag Archives: gentle parenting
The Three Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Disciplining Children
It doesn’t matter if you’re an authoritarian parent, hot on punishment and reward, or a gentle parent, focused on connection and empathy. Your kid is going to misbehave. Because that’s what they do….. Continue reading
How to Praise Your Children in a Gentle and Effective Way
Praise is a controversial topic in Gentle Parenting circles. Many mistakenly think that gentle parents never praise their children and eschew any attempt to show children that we are proud of them. In fact, this is simply not true. Praise can and does form a role in Gentle Parenting, however it looks different to the praise that most people know and use.
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Gentle Parenting – You Mean ‘Hippy, Pushover Parenting’? Busting Ten Gentle Parenting Myths.
…if people ask me to explain gentle parenting in a nutshell I always say the same “treating children how we would like to be treated ourselves”. To this day I don’t understand why it is so controversial, except perhaps that we don’t treat ourselves very well? Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Mothering, Preschoolers, Teens, Toddlers, Tweens
Tagged childcare expert, discipline techqniques, gentle discipline, gentle discipline book, gentle parenting, gentle parenting book, gentle parenting expert, how to discipline, natural consequences, parenting expert, positive discipline, positive parenting, problem with naughty step, problem with time out
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Gentle Parenting: the Myths, the Misquotes and the Mis-reporting.
Yesterday I was contacted by a journalist who was writing an article for The Sun newspaper (a large UK newspaper) asking me about gentle parenting for an article. This would have been a good opportunity to present a factual, evidence based article, instead she … Continue reading
Gentle Parenting and Me – By Sarah Storey
Welcome to the first of my special guest interviews on why gentle parenting matters to parents around the world. For this special first interview I chat with multi gold winning Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey about breastfeeding, bedsharing, tackling tantrums and postnatal bodies. Continue reading
Aiming for 70/30: When ‘Good Enough Parenting’ is Enough
All parents make mistakes, all parents have days that they are not proud of. All parents make sacrifices and compromises. No parent is perfect. It is these mistakes that are the most important in terms of our growth as parents. Each time we don’t quite do our best we can learn and we can teach our children how to handle disappointm Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Mothering, Preschoolers, Teens, Toddlers, Tweens
Tagged gentle parenting, gentle parenting book, gentle parenting doesn't work, gentle parenting expert, gentle parenting rules, issue with gentle parenting, parenting martyr, problems with gentle parenting, self care, what is gentle parenting, what's wrong with gentle parenting
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Why we Need to be More Tolerant of Toddler Tantrums
All toddlers tantrum. Granted some more so than others, however tantrums and toddlers go hand in hand, you don’t get one without the other. The thing is, they’re not being naughty, manipulative, bad or disruptive (purposefully anyway), they’re just being toddlers. Actually they would probably rather they didn’t tantrum so much too. Continue reading
Posted in Toddlers, Uncategorized
Tagged gentle parenting, how to manage toddler tantrums, how to stop toddler tantrum, how to stop toddler tantruming, how to stop toddler tantrums, mother asked to leave john lewis, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, the gentle parenting book, toddler calm, toddler expert, toddler taming, toddler tantrum, toddler tantrum john lewis, toddler tantrums, ToddlerCalm
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Can Gentle Parenting and Mainstream Schooling Ever Mix?
Is it possible to parent gently and send your child to mainstream school? A question I’m often asked by parents. What should parents look for when choosing a school? How should they handle homework and behaviour policies that go against their … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Preschoolers, Tweens
Tagged Alfie Kohn, benefits of homework, democratic schooling, downsides of homework, Forest School, gentle parenting, golden time, home education, how to choose a school, john holt, michael gove, montessori school, nicky morgan, OFSTED, questions to ask a school, sats, school behaviour management, school cloud system, steiner school, taking holiday in term time, traffic light system, unschooling
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