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Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives

Top 10 Books on Discipline

October 7, 2010 By Chelsea

If you have a child who doesn’t listen or misbehaves I have news for you: your kid is developing normally! But just how should you handle it so you can raise a person not only you can enjoy, but the rest of society, too? Breezy Mama turned to three of our favorite experts, Hanna Fenichel Parent Educator Patti Aretz, Susie Walton – Indigo Village founder and author of Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives – and Dr. Fran Walfish – author of The Self-Aware Parent — to get their picks and bring you the Top 10 Books on Discipline.

10. Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline
By Becky Bailey, Ph.D. (Discipline)
Frustrated because your kid won’t get in her car seat? Grumpy ever since your son decided that cleaning his room was optional? Ever feel bad after screaming at your kids for these and [Read more…] about Top 10 Books on Discipline

Filed Under: Books Games Apps TV Movies, How to Parent Tips Tagged With: Adele Faber, Anthony E. Wolf Ph.D., Becky Bailey, books on disciplining children, But First can You drive me & Cheryl to the Mall?, Children the Challenge, correcting kid's misbehavior, Difficult To Discipline, Discipline: The Brazelton Way, dr harvey karp, Dr. Berry Brazelton, Dr. Fran Walfish's, Dr. Fran Walsh, Easy To Love, Elaine Mazlish, Get out of My Life, Hal Runkel, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen, Indigo Village, Jane Nelson, Kath Kvols, Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives, Positive Discipline for Teens, Postitive Discipline for Teens, redirecting children's behavior, Rudolf Dreikurs, Screamfree Parenting, Siblings Without Rivalry, Susie Walton, The Explosive Child, The Happiest Toddler on the Block, The Self-Aware Parent

Top 10 Parenting Books

September 11, 2009 By Chelsea

41F35b+fOGL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_Remember when your parents told you that you didn’t come with an instruction manual? They lied (kidding… kind of). Maybe it was just that they couldn’t choose WHICH book to go by. Leave it to Breezy Mama to narrow down the Top 10 Parenting advice books after cross referencing best seller lists, factoring reader reviews, consulting Hanna Fenichel Parent Educator Patti Aretz’s picks and adding a [Read more…] about Top 10 Parenting Books

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, Children: The Challenge : The Classic Work on Improving Parent-Child Relations--Intelligent, Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson, Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Humane & Eminently Practical, Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives, Last Child in the Woods, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Pam Schiller, Parenting Books, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, Raising Confident Girls, Raising Your Spirited Child, Richard Louv, Rudolf Dreikurs and Vicki Soltz, Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too, Susie Walton, The Values Book: Teaching Sixteen Basic Values to Young Children

How to Make Traveling with Babies and Kids Of All Ages a Success – Plus! The Essentials for Road Trip Entertainment

June 22, 2009 By Chelsea

plane_s_gSusie Walton not only raised four boys, she’s traveled the world with them! Now the author and Redirecting Children’s Behavior Coach (oh, and Los Angeles Lakers’ Luke Walton’s Mom) gave Breezy Mama HER tips for vacationing with tykes of all ages. Plus, get the Breezy Mama packing list, toy suggestions and [Read more…] about How to Make Traveling with Babies and Kids Of All Ages a Success – Plus! The Essentials for Road Trip Entertainment

Filed Under: How to Parent Tips, The Breeze Tagged With: Baby Einstein, baby travel, books, Cars, Colorforms, Coloring books, Deck of cards, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Elephants Cannot Dance, Enchanted, finding nemo, Go Fish, Goldilicious, Harry Potter, High School Musical, Highlands Teething Tablets, Indigo Village, iPod, Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives, Kit Kittridge, madagascar, Magic Pen books, Magnetic stacking toys, Magnets, Mudpuppy, Nintendo DS, photo album, Portable DVD Player, Redirecting Children’s Behavior, snacks, Sticker books, Susie Walton, The Graveyard Book, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Toy Story, travel books, Travel Lap Desk, travel toys, travel with children

Tips for Boosting Your Child’s Self Esteem (and Keeping Your Sanity) with Susie Walton

April 2, 2009 By Chelsea

bio_suzHow can you raise an emotionally secure child? What should you do to avoid tantrums? Should you be friends with your kids? Famous in San Diego for her Redirecting Children’s Behavior (RCB) and the Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC) sessions (and famous in Los Angeles for being Lakers’ Luke Walton’s mom), parent educator, first time published author and Breezy Mama of four, Susie Walton shared some invaluable advice.

What are your top tips for improving a child’s self esteem?

Susie: Two parts of self esteem: First, is a child who feels love unconditionally and a child who feels capable. Keep away from labeling your child good or bad. Thank them when they do something verses telling them how “big” or “good” they are — this will keep them from thinking that love is based on conditions. Also, let your child know they are capable of doing something versus telling them they are big enough to do something. Next, is to ask their advice on situations– that can be as simple as pulling out two pairs of shoes in the morning and asking which one would look better with their outfit. And finally, is asking them questions instead of constantly telling them what to do. This allows a child to feel like [Read more…] about Tips for Boosting Your Child’s Self Esteem (and Keeping Your Sanity) with Susie Walton

Filed Under: How to Parent Tips, The Breeze Tagged With: handling tantrums, Key to Personal Freedom: How Myths Affect Our Family Lives, Lakers, Luke Walton, parent education, redirecting children's behavior, self esteem, Susie Walton

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