Common Time-Out Mistakes

Could this classic discipline technique actually make the situation worse? Learn what experts recommend, including a new and improved five-step technique for giving time-outs. By Alisa Bowman from Parents Magazine Time-out certainly sounds like a brilliant fix: A child spends a few minutes sitting alone, and emergesĀ calm and cooperative. Parents often admit that it simply …

10 Ways to Teach Mindfulness to Kids

“We know mindfulness is good for us. Mindfulness allows us to be present in our parenting, choosing the skillful response instead of succumbing to our visceral reactions. Mindfulness is also good for our kids. There is an emerging body of research that indicates that mindfulness can help our children improve their abilities to pay attention, …