Positive Parenting Archives - Intentional Family Life

This is the most touching story of the lessons one mom learned as she worked on being present with her son. I love this story because learning and modeling how to live in the moment with your kids is an amazing gift to give both them and yourself. As moms, we are not perfect. But simple tips like this - how to be present in your life, mindfulness, and learning to live in the moment - strengthen your connections with your children. #beingpresent #liveinthemoment #mindful #bepresent www.themidlifemamas.com

A Promise to My Ten Year Old Son

Spoiler Alert: I always want to share my good mom moments with you - who doesn't, right? But, this post is about a big mom fail for me and the lessons gained after an argument with my son. I'm practicing being...

Learning how to be present and in the moment with your relationships, thoughts, and feelings is a process. And for me, mindfulness with my kids is somehow even harder; they push my buttons. This post reminds me that parents are people - we are not perfect. But simple tips like this - being present and learning to live in the moment - can not only strengthen your connections with your children, but it can profoundly impact the life of your child. Every parent needs this reminder - such a beautiful story!!! #beingpresent #beingpresentinthemoment #beingpresentwithkids #mindfulness www.themidlifemamas.com

Dear Son: This Is What You Need To Know About My Love For You

We all know that there will inevitably be awkward conversations with your tween or teen. I love this idea / tip because no matter how flustered or embarrassed I feel by my child's conversation starters, this works! What parents really want is a way to respond positively in the moment when we've been caught off guard instead of reacting negatively and damaging our relationship with our child. Here's the only phrase you'll ever need to know! #positiveresponse #tweens #teenagers #parentingtweens #parentingteens #parenting www.themidlifemamas.com

You Only Need One Powerful Phrase To Transform Any Awkward Conversations With Your Tween

As a mom, it’s hard to watch your highly sensitive child turn into an angry kid right before your eyes! Parenting and learning how to deal with an angry kid is not what any of us planned for. But, there is good news – there are ways to manage anger, sensory hacks, and coping skills. This article is a really good and easy place to start once you've gone beyond the usual suspects. Two common causes of angry kid behaviors are sugar sensitivity and worries. This helps with both! #angrychild #intensechild www.themidlifemamas.com

Is Your Child Displaying Angry Behaviors? This Is What You Need to Know…

Parenting Teens & Tweens

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We all know that there will inevitably be awkward conversations with your tween or teen. I love this idea / tip because no matter how flustered or embarrassed I feel by my child's conversation starters, this works! What parents really want is a way to respond positively in the moment when we've been caught off guard instead of reacting negatively and damaging our relationship with our child. Here's the only phrase you'll ever need to know! #positiveresponse #tweens #teenagers #parentingtweens #parentingteens #parenting www.themidlifemamas.com

You Only Need One Powerful Phrase To Transform Any Awkward Conversations With Your Tween

Whatever you call them - young teens, pre-teens, or tweens - it's a challenging stage. Parenting this age means swimming upstream most days. But allowing our tweens to have unstructured time (even if we feel they are "wasting time") is crucial for them to grow into happy and confident tweens #tweens #parenting www.themidlifemamas.com

The Most Important Thing Your Tween Needs to Be Happy & Confident (Backed by Science!)

Tweens are INTENSE! But there are steps that you can take to minimize the tween intensity in their lives. Everyone is happier when tweens are less intense! www.themidlifemamas.com

How to Minimize the Tween Intensity in Your Life

It's not always easy to cherish those difficult in between times for you or your young teen - but I loved this - because it explains perfectly why these moments are breathtaking! www.themidlifemamas.com

This is Why Young Teen Angst Is Breathtaking

Give you tween this gift and you will definitely survive the tween years. With your sanity. www.themidlifemamas.com

One Thing You Need to Survive the Tween Years – With Your Sanity Intact

Understanding tweens and teens can be really tough! Showing them that you understand can be even harder! www.themidlifemamas.com

One Powerful Way to Show Your Teen You Understand

I loved this easy response to children when they are complaining that 'It's Not Fair!" www.themidlifemamas.com

The Perfect Response to "It’s Not Fair!"

I love having a list of great books right at my fingertips! This is a great summer reading list for my boys between the ages of 8-12! www.themidlifemamas.com

25 Enthralling Summer Books for Boys 8-12

I love my strong willed child. But raising, teaching, and otherwise parenting a strong willed child can pose some, a-hem...shall we say...challenges. I love this tip for responding to the strong emotions of your child! It worked for us!! #strongwilledchild #strongwilled #parenting #parentingtips www.themidlifemamas.com

How to Respond Perfectly to The Intense Emotions of Your Strong Willed Child

Acts of kindness can be difficult for sensitive children and here are some sure fire ways to help them get through it. They already have both kindness and empathy - they just need to learn the skills to not be overwhelmed by them! This is a great act of kindness for the whole family! www.themidlifemamas.com

One Marvelous Reason Sweet Kids May Struggle With Kind Acts

As a mom, it’s hard to watch your highly sensitive child turn into an angry kid right before your eyes! Parenting and learning how to deal with an angry kid is not what any of us planned for. But, there is good news – there are ways to manage anger, sensory hacks, and coping skills. This article is a really good and easy place to start once you've gone beyond the usual suspects. Two common causes of angry kid behaviors are sugar sensitivity and worries. This helps with both! #angrychild #intensechild www.themidlifemamas.com

Is Your Child Displaying Angry Behaviors? This Is What You Need to Know…

Stories for children about anxiety is the best list I've found with both stories and strategies for every kid of every age with any kind of worries! www.themidlifemamas.com

The 50 Best Stories and Strategies to Help Children of All Ages Conquer Anxiety

Parenting a highly sensitive child can be challenging. During school breaks or other changes in routines, activities, or schedules, some signs and traits of emotional or sensitive children may become more pronounced. As a mom, these tips were so helpful to me to learn when my child was struggling with difficult feelings or thoughts and how I could really help him get through a challenging situation. #emotionalsensitivity #highlysensitivechild #emotionsforkids www.themidlifemamas.com

One Thing Your Highly Sensitive Child Needs From You

I haven't met a highly sensitive child who didn't start out with some worries about going to a pool. I was able to figure out why my son didn't like the pool by looking at some of these ideas! www.themidlifemamas.com

How to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Love The Pool

Understanding our body's sensory signals is a key skill that every parent needs to help their children learn. Here's a great "how to" to get you understanding your sensory signals and your child's! www.spoilmyfamily.com

The One Little-Known Skill Every Child Needs To Learn

Teaching water safety to kids can truly be the difference between life and death. This summer, parents everywhere will be searching for pools nearby for fun games and activities for their children. But we all need to make sure that children learn this one thing before they are encouraged or forced to learn to swim. It's all about safety! #watersafety #swim #learntoswim www.themidlifemamas.com

10 Ways To Get Children Used to the Water

I love my strong willed child. But raising, teaching, and otherwise parenting a strong willed child can pose some, a-hem...shall we say...challenges. I love this tip for responding to the strong emotions of your child! It worked for us!! #strongwilledchild #strongwilled #parenting #parentingtips www.themidlifemamas.com

How to Respond Perfectly to The Intense Emotions of Your Strong Willed Child

Acts of kindness can be difficult for sensitive children and here are some sure fire ways to help them get through it. They already have both kindness and empathy - they just need to learn the skills to not be overwhelmed by them! This is a great act of kindness for the whole family! www.themidlifemamas.com

One Marvelous Reason Sweet Kids May Struggle With Kind Acts

How many times have you thought: Why did you do that? What were you thinking? Wouldn't it be great to have your own personal translator to interpret child behavior? Here's your translator! www.themidlifemamas.com

Need a Translator to Interpret Child Behavior?

Raising Highly Sensitive Kids

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Tips for Modern Parents

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One of the most important truths in family relationships is that we must demonstrate to our kids what it is to love unconditionally. As a mother raising tweens, I’m learning that one of the best ways to demonstrate my feelings to my boys is to go to the one place I never really wanted to go… #lovedunconditionally #love #tweens #unconditionallove www.themidlifemamas.com

My Dear Son: You Are Loved Unconditionally

As our children grow up, it gets harder to find ideas and activities to foster strong family connections. But this idea for a family meeting that parents can use to build a strong family connection that lasts and lasts! #familyconnection #familymeeting www.themidlifemamas.com

Connected Families Use This One Overlooked Parenting Tool

Want to Help Your Child Have Fewer Hard Times?

Want to Help Your Child Have Fewer Hard Times?

These are the most popular parenting posts of 2016 - so good!! www.themidlifemamas.com

5 Quick Wins for the Most Vexing Parenting Challenges

Preteen boys and girls are going to fail - and we have to let them fail. They may have activities, ideas, and attitude, but young teens don't know everything just yet. Trust me - NEVER say this! www.themidlifemamas.com

Saying "You Can Do It" Is The Wrong Thing to Say. And Here’s Why…

You can encourage self esteem in children with one word. Use it in the right way at the right time, and it can be magical! www.themidlifemamas.com

One Word To Encourage Self-Esteem In Children

Sometimes it can be harder than you expect to encourage your child to open up about their lives. I've tried lots of open-ended questions, but this simple suggestion worked wonders! www.themidlifemamas.com

One Powerful Tool to Encourage Your Child to Open Up

What are 5 things parents can do to prepare children for success? Help prepare your children for life long satisfaction and success - easier than you think! www.themidlifemamas.com

5 Things to Prepare Children For Success

Find the very best tips and tricks for getting your child the perfect back to school backpack. www.themidlifemamas.com

Find The Best Backpacks – Approved By Kids & Moms Alike

Do only one thing when you have bored children to stop whining and complaining in its tracks! www.themidlifemamas.com

How to Give Your Children Enough Time to Be Bored