Logical Consequences: A Quick Guide

2020-10-25T14:36:07-04:00September 12th, 2013|

When I wrote about the benefits of adding logical consequences to our toolkit with our daughter, I was met with some resistance from people. Most of the resistance centered on the fact that people view logical consequences as punishment and children don’t learn from punishment. I disagree and I thought I’d share a bit more on how to implement a logical consequence, along with what it does and does not include.

Slate Gets on the Cry-it-Out Bandwagon

2020-11-01T15:15:59-05:00July 18th, 2013|

The entire tagline reads “A journal jumps on the Dr. Sears bandwagon to say sleep training is dangerous. Science says otherwise.” Let’s first get something clear – journals publish special issues all the time and journals publish research and opinion pieces and reviews from researchers who work in the relevant fields.

Playing at the Park

2020-08-21T10:38:31-04:00June 8th, 2013|

Play. It used to be about kids playing with each other, but that seems to be disappearing in favour of parent-child play. This is the first of a few planned posts coming up in the near future on play and focuses on my own realizations that it's something we actually need to work no in our society.

Apology Not Accepted

2020-10-26T17:38:24-04:00September 27th, 2012|

We should be cognizant of how our actions affect our children. And just because they are sometimes too young or too emotional to tell us exactly how they feel doesn’t mean they don’t feel as awful as my daughter did that day.

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