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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 [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

by on May 12, 2013

Some beautiful quotes to share on Mother’s Day…   Making a decision to have a child – it’s momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  – Elizabeth Stone   Mother’s hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.   – Unknown   The [...]

Decoding Each Family Member – The Nine Traits of Temperament

by on April 29, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to present to a lovely group of parents from Deep Cove Parent Participation Preschool on the topic of Decoding Each Family Member – The Nine Traits of Temperament. We now know that individuals have their own unique temperament and it works much better to understand  a person’s temperament  and work [...]

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 [...]

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