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I know that it can be hard to keep your cool all the time. It happens to most of us at some point. Yelling stems from irritation and frustration. Talking to your kids, in a calm manner, will get you SO much further than yelling, but sometimes it just feels impossible. I understand.
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I’m Becky, a former elementary school teacher turned certified child development therapist and blogger. I work at home with my husband and together we are raising (and partially homeschooling) our four children in the Carolinas. I love diet coke, ice cream, and spending time with my family.
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Would love a live Q&A session! Otherwise posts, etc. can sometimes seem staged (not saying they’re not helpful – they definitely have their time and place. They’re just not as tailored to your audience, IMHO. 🙂
We need assistance with patience on our end and listening from our boys.
I am having a hard time with my 10 soon to be 11 year old. He is extremely jealous of his 3 year old brother.
It hasn’t gotten better, honestly worse. We give him just as much attention and we do our youngest child but here lately I can honestly say it is avout to drive me nuts .
I can tell when I am short with my kids, it is a direct correlation to how I have been taking care of myself (lack of sleep, exercise, illness, etc.)
Hi,
I have a 4 year old whobis on the autism spectrum with his behaviour and social skills.
And i also have a 5 year old who started prep and is giving a lot of attitude and defiant behaviour.
We have been putting up with this for so long our patience has gone 😣
I need good ideas to improve concentration in my grade 1 boy.
My daily struggle with my two children is trying to stay calm and just being able to talk to them and with them. I have a seven year old son named Jayden and a three year old daughter named Zalayla.
Hi Becky
Thank you for your blogs they are very informative. I am a single full time working mom who works long hours and I battle with helping my 4 year old little girl to Chanel her anger. She gets very angry for such a little person which concerns me.
I’m trying, but need more help!
I’m a 1st time grandma. My just 3 year old grandson has always been strong-willed though charming. He has suddenly turned his attention & energy to demanding my daughter’s constant attention & hitting out. He’s had most of my attention for 2 days a week for most of his life. Today he hit & bit his mum when she needed to forcibly take him inside the house.
My daughter works full time & is expecting their 2nd child in 5 months, so we need to work on her son’s expectations of attention & managing his behaviour.
We are struggling with our 7 year old daughter. Trying to determine what is normal naughty 7 yr old behaviour and what could possibly be symptoms of ADHD. Never sure what is within her ability to control and what’s not.