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Barbara Coloroso – Words of Wisdom

by on May 19, 2013

Barbara Coloroso – Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline I recently had the pleasure of attending Barbara Coloroso’s presentation sponsored by the West Vancouver School District Parent Advisory Council.  Barbara Coloroso is a long-time internationally recognized, educator, parenting expert and author from the United States.  I saw Barbara speak about 15 years ago and [...]

SETting Limits – How to Be Kind and Firm

by on April 17, 2013

Although we all flip back and forth between being a Jellyfish parent, Backbone parent and Brickwall parent (Barbara Coloroso’s terms), setting limits can sometimes take us back to the default of a Brickwall parent “You do it because I said so!”  Since, our goal is to be a Backbone Parent (for as much time as [...]

Are You Inadvertently Reinforcing Misbehaviour?

by on April 1, 2013

To understand how to address misbehaviour, we need to be familiar with the progressive 4 Goals of Misbehaviour according to Adlerian theory:  Attention, Power, Revenge, and Assumed Inadequacy (as mentioned in an earlier article.) The biggest mistake is to immediately react to the misbehaviour and not pause to collect our thoughts, or consider the feelings behind [...]

How to Help Our Children Self-Regulate

by on March 25, 2013

In my last two newsletters I have discussed what self-regulation is and how to help ourselves self-regulate our emotions.  Today I will discuss strategies for helping our children learn to self-regulate. Three Important Factors to Consider When Gaining an Understanding of a Child’s Self-Regulation Capabilities: 1) Developmental stage of the child’s nervous system 2) Temperament [...]

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