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How to Teach Kids Respect in 3 Simple Steps!

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 03/09/2019
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How to Teach Kids Respect in 3 Simple Steps!

The Parenting Junkie teaches how to teach kids respect. With peaceful parenting it can seem like if we don’t demand respect from our children they will never learn how to respect us as parents. A parent wrote to me recently and said, “I totally believe in peaceful and respectful parenting but I feel as though I’m letting them disrespect me. It says in the Bible obey thy father and thy mother and here I am letting them disobey me. I worry that I’m raising kids who are disrespectful. Some parents believe respect means our children follow our every whim (see my take on that in the recommended videos below). Teaching kids respect can seem like a daunting task but when we flip our mindset about it you will see that teaching children respect is simple but like anything on the peaceful parenting journey it requires we also look in the mirror. Your children are learning respect through watching you. How are you showing respect? If we don’t demand obedience and respect will our kids be respectful?

[3:00] – Respect thy father and thy mother
3 Ways to raise kids who are respectful
[4:21] #1 – Respect Your Elders
[5:20] #2 – Respect Your Youngers
[6:45] #3 – Respect Yourself
[7:39] – How to respond when your child is disrespectful
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► Do Reward Systems Work? (https://youtu.be/9EKlFXaCtYA)
► How Can I Get my Kid to do Chores (https://youtu.be/f-agVk8Oyt0)
► How to Raise a Child with Manners (https://youtu.be/1vOjPOLtYeU)
► Podcast: How Our Children Actually Learn (https://www.theparentingjunkie.com/podcast_type/how-your-children-actually-learn-surprising-uncomfortable-%f0%9f%a4%af/)

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I’m outwardly very successful, but I can’t cope with my life | Dear Mariella

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 02/09/2019
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Stop and work out what you want from your short time on the planet, says Mariella Frostrup. It’s time to put your incredible energy into your own wellbeing

The dilemma I have a lovely husband, two gorgeous girls, a lovely home and a high-flying job. However, I cry every night because I hate myself. My inability to cope with pressure – financial, intellectual and emotional – horrifies me. I see others dealing with genuine problems and don’t understand why, with my myriad advantages, I cannot manage mine. My husband thinks I was over-praised as a child and am always chasing an unattainable A grade. My work is high-stress, involving huge budgets. Separately, five years ago I lost a baby in utero – a hugely painful experience. I fear stopping work would damage my daughters and place a large burden on my husband. But seeing our girls for less than an hour a day is miserable. I think I may be depressed, but admitting it may mean my children are taken away and I’ll lose my job and ruin my family.

Mariella replies You’ve got a lively imagination. I can assure you that depression, if that’s part of the issue, would not mean your children being taken away. It’s a diagnosis in expectation of a cure, not a condition from which, once identified, all will unravel. As parents, if we were to be deemed inadequate the moment life started getting us down, there would be few if any children not being swept into care. You might be surprised to hear how many people there are, in every walk of life, struggling with issues of self-esteem and depression. A happy life is not necessarily made up of the ingredients we’re told are imperative, and that disappointment lies at the heart of many a current malaise.

Considering Free Range Parenting? Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks!?

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 27/08/2019
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Considering Free Range Parenting? Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks!?

The Parenting Junkie discusses free range parenting. What is free-range parenting? How are free range kids different from kids that grow up with helicopter parents? In this video you’ll learn why choosings to be a free range family is a great choice. When kids are allowed to be free-range kids the freedom and independence they gain allows them to grow into competent adults. In addition, research suggests that free range children grow up to be less anxious and depressed (who doesn’t want that?). In the book, How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims, she writes that she has met parents who would not allow their 17 year old daughter to take the subway. Interested in resources to help you learn the real risks of free range parenting? Checkout Let Grow (letgrow.org) founded by Lenore Senazy with resources such as the laws, groups interested in raising free range children, etc. Also, if you are looking for resources to help teach your children to be safe (ie teach about tricky people instead of stranger danger) checkout safely ever after founded by Pattie Fitzgerald.

What to do to become more trusting and free-range with your children:
#1- Limit fear mongering & sensationalist news [6:31]
#2 – Switch from Stranger Danger to Tricky People [9:22]
#3 – Find Ways to Allow Freedom [12:49]

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RECOMMEND TO WATCH / LISTEN TO NEXT:
► How Can I Get My Kids to do Chores (https://youtu.be/f-agVk8Oyt0)
► Why Kids Need Risky Play (https://youtu.be/smEwpYRPA08)
► Allowance and Chores? (https://youtu.be/36NOM0FAhbc)
► The Danger of Safety (https://youtu.be/-azMKn62nfY)

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims (https://amzn.to/2KTPUzf)
Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children by Lenore Skenazy (https://amzn.to/2Nw42k7)
Let Grow (https://letgrow.org/)
Super Duper Safety School: Safety Rules for Kids & Grown-Ups by Pattie Fitzgerald (https://amzn.to/2HrPNcd)
Safely Ever After (https://www.safelyeverafter.com/)

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All my friends have had babies and I feel marginalised | Dear Mariella

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 27/08/2019
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It’s hard when you don’t move in unison with your peers. It doesn’t mean abandoning friendships, says Mariella Frostrup, but don’t be afraid to keep a distance when needed

The dilemma I’m 34 and have been in a close friendship group with four other women since university. Our relationship has been a constant comfort, but during the past year I’ve found it incredibly difficult to connect with them as all four have had babies. Suddenly our WhatsApp group looks more like Mumsnet – and I just can’t relate. I don’t know if I want kids or not. My husband puts no pressure on me, but this is bringing out the worst in me. I feel left behind, confused and judgmental as these friends enter motherhood. I feel isolated and incapable of contributing, and when I do I feel disingenuous. I try to widen the conversation, but it always reverts back to babies. I don’t want to lose these people, but I feel marginalised, as if I’m fundamentally missing out on some intensely female purpose. How do I step back without being overly dramatic?

Mariella replies It’s definitely a problem. I am sympathetic. But stick with me first, because I have to draw attention to how emotionally over-sensitised we’ve become as a species. Growing up, friends shacking up before we do, marriages and divorce, babies born and infidelities committed – they’re all part of life’s rich pageant. Some are profoundly upsetting, some manageably so, and others so natural a part of life’s flow that they should barely bother us at all. Some of these emotional traumas are dumped on us, some committed by us and some are not directed at us at all. In the latter case, it’s generally our own unresolved issues that make us vulnerable to being wounded.

Why Kids Need Risky Play (and how to feel safe encouraging it!)

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 20/08/2019
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Why Kids Need Risky Play (and how to feel safe encouraging it!)

The Parenting Junkie illustrates the importance of risky play. In this video you’ll learn why you need to let kids take risks and the benefits of risk taking in early childhood. The importance of risky play and adventurous play cannot be understated. Kids need to have risk in play in order to develop properly. This can seem daunting so you’ll also learn how to encourage risky play and still feel safe. In her book Balanced and Barefoot, Angela Hanscom points out the detriments this lack of play causes for our children. Luckily enough research has been done that there are more risky playgrounds being built for children such as the adventure playgrounds you’ll see footage of in this video. In addition to learning the benefits of risky play, you’ll learn the 6 categories of risky play by Peter Gray author of Free to Learn. After watching this you’ll feel much more comfortable allowing your children the unstructured play and risky play they need.

How to Help Your Children Take Meaningful and Reasonable Risks:
#1 – Stop Saying Be Careful [7:34]
#2 – Keep Your Own Feelings in Check [9:38]
#3 – Seek Opportunities for Risky Play [10:29]

6 Categories of Risky Play
1. Great Heights [11:05]
2. Rapid Speeds [11:34]
3. Dangerous Tools [11:56]
4. Dangerous Elements [12:52]
5. Rough and Tumble [13:24]
6. Disappearing/Getting Lost [14:21]

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RECOMMEND TO WATCH / LISTEN TO NEXT:
► The Play Toddlers Need (https://youtu.be/hHzSj0eMbwM)
► The Danger of Safety (https://youtu.be/-azMKn62nfY)
► What to Do When Another Child Hits Yours (https://youtu.be/99wv6wJc_lE)
► Disadvantages of Competitive Sports for Kids (https://youtu.be/ZfSuQ4nyDxI)

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom (https://amzn.to/2ZdMsUd)
Free to Learn by Peter Gray (https://amzn.to/2Zcqa5o)
Knives for Kids (https://amzn.to/2ZmAZ9a)
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen (https://amzn.to/2YYoAIQ)

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Which tablet to buy for your kid: These are the best right now

Post author By Mary Sheep
Post date 13/08/2019
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Kids are device-hungry nuts these days. Seriously, WTF happened to Sesame Street and a book before bedtime? But we digress.

Technology has changed a lot since you were small. Your kids have probably mastered the features on your iPhone better than you have due to constantly asking to play with it. And when you do eventually get it back, it’s a sticky mess covered in slobber and other unexplainable slimes. But in the age of touch screens and constant connectivity, there’s not really a way to say “no” without feeling like a parent from the dark ages. Even the animals in Zootopia have smartphones. (Seriously.) Read more…

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