A Reframing Solution for Toddlers Afraid of the Bath

April 28, 2011

Today I got a great email from a close friend of mine. He has a 3 year old son named Thomas who somehow developed a very intense fear of the bath. He would literally freak out when it was bath time and the parents, my friends, were struggling to find a solution. It was stressing [...]

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Influencing Kids to Make Good Choices: A Simple Example from Our Road Trip

April 23, 2011

I‘m writing this blog post on Good Friday, from the passenger seat in our family car. My wife is doing the driving as we head to Montreal for the long weekend. That’s where my parents live. My kids are in the back seat playing Polly Pockets. I’ll probably find little pieces of their toys for [...]

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Best Healthy Pancake Recipe That Kids Love

April 18, 2011
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When I was a child, I absolutely loved pancakes and I thought my mom made the best pancakes in the world. Turns out it was Aunt Jemima, and so was the syrup we used. In my adolescent years I’d make them myself because I still loved them and it’s all I really knew how to [...]

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The Sad Four Year Old and How I Overcame a Common Problem

April 15, 2011

As I write this today, I’m sitting at home on the couch beside my four year old daughter. We’re wrapping up a pretty fun day for her, and it all started this morning at preschool. But just as we were leaving school, she almost had a little meltdown. Thankfully I saw it coming and managed [...]

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Do You Fail to Support Your Child Without Realizing it?

April 8, 2011

This video was created for a political campaign, obviously. But have a look at it first and then we’ll chat about it below. I really like this video because it was cutely created to make the disappointment on the daughter’s face completely obvious. I mean you just want to slap this father, don’t you? Luckily [...]

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My Daughter and the Underwear Reframe

March 26, 2011

My daughter Elizabeth just turned four a couple of days ago. She is very proud of being a “big girl”. We had a blast celebrating her birthday. Yesterday morning she sauntered into our bedroom as usual around 6:45 a.m. I woke up, gave her a hug and took her into her bedroom since my wife [...]

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Behavioral Problems in Toddlers

March 14, 2011

Do you ever sit there thinking about problems? I do it all the time. Either in bed, or in the shower, or when working out … I usually run through challenges I’m having and I find that I often come up with new ideas or just new ways of thinking about a problem. Today I [...]

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Remember to Ask Good Questions When Dealing With Kids

March 11, 2011

Tonight we had a mini-meltdown in the kitchen. It was one of those oh-so-common situations that parents face all the time. It wasn’t a tantrum. It was something “bad” happening to my youngest daughter which upset her. What was the disaster? She was playing with her toy car and it rolled under the oven. Yes, [...]

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10 of the Best iPad Apps for Parents with Toddlers and Young Children

March 10, 2011

The iPad is the latest craze in the world of technology today. Everybody seems to have one– students, professionals and parents. If you’re a parent with an iPad, you have hopefully discovered how awesome this tablet is for helping to educate your child. There are hundreds if not thousands of great iPad apps for toddlers [...]

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Genetically Modified Food – Are We Harming Our Kids Without Knowing it?

March 6, 2011

Would you feed your kids or yourself food that you knew was genetically modified, untested for safety, and quite possibly harmful to your kids’ health? Most parents would say “No” … but based on my conversations with people who are new to this topic, I’ve also found that most parents do not realize they are [...]

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