Head & Heart Parents

Do our kids need limits? Yes!  Do they thank us when we set them? No! What do they do instead? They whine and argue. They negotiate and beg.  They apologize and promise they won’t do it again. Parents who give in, engage, or try to reason with the child will lose the battle. Let’s instead, [...]

If your kids are old enough to talk, you’ve probably heard things like: “Jackie’s parents let her watch anything on TV she wants to.” “Mandy gets to have her computer in her room. Like…this is the 21st century.” Some of us have even heard horrifying things like: “Robert’s parents buy him beer for his parties. [...]

One mom was at the park with her 2.5 year-old son named Foster.  He was heading down to the lake to play and Mom said, “Come and eat lunch or we’ll have to go home.”  He ignored Mom and walked towards the water. So Mom said, “So sad, looks like we have to go home [...]

It’s scary when toddlers run away. Dad decided to take baby, new puppy and a 4 year old boy for a walk. The boy ran away from the Dad.  Once the boy returned, dad said with empathy, “This is so sad, we have to go home now since I can’t be sure you’ll stay with [...]

I poured my daughter a bowl of cereal with PLENTY of milk. When she asked for more milk, I said, “No, you have more than enough.”  Of course she started whining.  I went brain dead! She started screaming “I want more milk!!!” and I said in the sweetest, singsongy voice I could muster, “I know.”  [...]