On the first of the month, I posted an article with tips to help with “End of the Day Whining.” It was written by Sharon Silver of ProActiveParenting.net.
A little about Sharon:
I had my first child when I was 21; I thought I had it all together. I yelled, screamed and punished and I secretly felt awful afterwards. I had achieved my immediate goal of stopping the unwanted behavior, but at what cost? One day my 3 yr. old backed away from me, assuming I was going to spank him. I was crushed. I had replaced my beautiful child’s trust in me with-fear. I never spanked again. Read more of Sharon’s Bio…
I loved Sharon’s tips for helping to deal with the crankies and in return have a more pleasant dinner experience. Her thoughtful and practical advice really worked in this house. And that’s just what Pro Active Parenting offers: Thoughtful and practical advice based on sound parenting principles. They help you to learn how to parent and teach through discipline, not punishment.
I know that in my house, I resort often to yelling and time outs. I even spank them. I always feel awful about it. But with three crazy boys, sometimes it’s the only thing that gets their attention! Pro Active Parenting offers easy to understand seminars that you can download and listen to anytime. Coaching you in things from Correcting Toddlers to teaching them Listening skills. Imagine, helpful advice that you can listen to during naps or quiet time (or in your car). Easy! Learn how to be an effective parent without yelling and spanking. YAY!
Pro Active Parenting also offers phone and email support for when you are at your wits end and NEED.HELP.NOW. This is a fantastic resource for parents!
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The folks at Pro Active Parenting have generously offered up some prizes so you can see first hand the effectiveness of their methods. THREE (3) Winners will be chosen and each winner will be able to choose TWO (2) free seminars!
The First Mandatory Entry (must be completed before any other entries are counted):
Head on over and visit ProActive Parenting. Come leave me a comment telling me how you think they can help you with your family. It can be listing one of their seminars that you are interested in or something talked about on their website that sticks with you.
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This giveaway will end June 30, 2009 at 10pm Pacific Time. Winners will be notified by email and posted here on my blog. Winners will have 72 hours to reply or their prize will be forfeit and a new winner chosen. Good luck!
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I need the How to Respond not React to Toddler and Preschool Behavior seminar! My daughter is almost three and some days she likes to push all the right buttons that drive me nuts!
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I think the toddler one would help me A LOT, I want to be prepared when our daughter starts behaving in ways that I need to ‘respond’ not react, hubby too!
I think the “Interrupting” one would be perfect as this is a common problem. Apparently, whispering my name over and over again isn’t interrupting. Would like to see if this applies to my children AND my wife.
The how to respond, not react to toddler behavior sounds interesting to me. My son is still an infant, but he’ll be a toddler soon enough so I want to be prepared, especially seeing what my sister went through with her kids!
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Lord, I could pretty much use all of those cd’s. LOL I need the one on how NOT to react to behavior, powers struggles, interrupting, not listening…Should I go on?
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