Mindful Moments Blog

The Way You Perceive Your Child Affects How You Respond To Them

Is your child's challenging behavior bad behavior or is it a distress call? Your perspective will decide. Perspective is the lens through which you view the world. It determines how you perceive your children. By changing how we see our children, we change how we respond to them.

I’ve Never Grounded My Teenager - Here’s Why

In our culture, we are accustomed to training children through pain. We are fooled into thinking it’s good because it works, but it only works for a short time, and the reason it works is heartbreaking. Here's what to do instead of punishment.

Is My Child Too Old To Use A Calming Space?

How do you use a Calming Space with kids beyond the toddler stage? Here are 5 tips.

Emotional Intelligence: How To Discipline A Toddler Without Time-Outs

Tantrums happen but parents can help children handle their big emotions. Here's how to discipline a toddler with a supportive, long-term approach that nurtures emotional intelligence.

Use Time-Ins To Decrease Defiance

Want to decrease defiance? It isn't through punishment and Time-Outs. The answer is in Time-Ins, and here's why.

Time-Ins Decrease Meltdowns

How can Time-Ins decrease meltdowns in our home?

Calming Spaces for Muggles, Wizards and Eight-Year-Old Girls Alike

Wisdom. Emotional intelligence. Maturity. These words typically conjure up the image of someone older than you. Perhaps it’s someone you know and revere for their persistent nature and kind soul. That person for me is Elizabeth: an 8-year-old I’ve only just met. Older than me? Not by a long shot....

On Peace Tents, Healing the Generations and Motherhood

Every child wants to know, do you see my light even when I’m not shining it?

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.