“I don’t know anyone who regrets holding their child back, but I do know of people who wish they had.” There’s nothing wrong with giving your child extra time. Some kids just need that extra time for their brain to develop.

There’s this immediate reaction you feel in your body where you are silently pleading your child to stop screaming so everyone else can stop staring at you. We so badly want our child to be perfect in public, but that’s just not a realistic expectation.

I’ve learned that public tantrums can become powerful teaching moments if we stay calm and follow through.

Whether you’re a working mom, stay-at-home mom or a single mom, the pressure to “get it right” can feel crushing.

You deserve grace. Not the someday kind of grace when everything is finally organized, but the right now grace that lets you breathe even when laundry is piled high and dinner is whatever you can grab in five minutes.

You know your child better than anyone else. Other’s will gladly offer up their opinions about how “it’s normal for kids to feel anxious or shy at this age” or “plenty of kids at this age have short attention spans”. Although this is true, if your gut is telling you there’s something more to it than just that, listen to it.

When it comes to traveling with children, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. We quickly learned that if we want to enjoy our vacations, we need to plan our trips around what our child is capable of doing. We can’t force her into the trip we want to take because, otherwise, we will be miserable.

My child has always been a little trepidatious when it comes to the doctor’s office and it got progressively worse until about the age of 4. With that being said, there were several things that I did to help ease her anxiety.

When it comes to my daughter, we always tell people she’s scared of everything and scared of no one. She’s the most outgoing child you will meet, however she gets so in her head that she makes herself sick, literally. So when we finally turned to help, we were introduced to Parent Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT).

As a former teacher, I’ve seen my fair share of students (and their parents) frustrated with math. Parents, it’s okay if you don’t understand what your child is learning in school. There’s ways to help them not hate math!

I’ve always known that children thrived when they had structure put in place. It allows them to know the boundaries. And although I have always done my best to stick to a routine and schedule, it was when we started having consistent struggles around bedtime that I decided to enforce a much more specific schedule.

People always told me this was just a phase. So, we gave her the space to take things at her own pace. However, it never seemed to subside and rationale never helped matters. We would reassure her that she was okay and that she had even done this before and enjoyed it, and yet she’d be terrified to do it all over again.

When your child runs higher on the anxious side than most, it can be incredibly exhausting. You’re on high alert checking in on your child and trying to manage their anxiety while also doing whatever needs to get done. There’s a few things you can try.

The whole idea of Love and Logic is to raise responsible, respectful kids by giving them empathy, choices, and the chance to learn from their own mistakes in a safe and loving way. The key to it being successful is remaining consistent and calm.