Be Authentically Yourself with your Child

August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

We just returned late yesterday afternoon from 3 glorious days of wilderness camping in the Sierra Mountains with our family – son Orion, daughter-in-law Nichola, wonderful grandchildren Sebastian and Madison.

I loved our time together exploring, hiking, laughing, sharing, cooking, sitting around the campfire and viewing the luminous stars overhead. Clever Orion quote: “The campfire is the TV of camping.” True! So many cherished memories from our annual adventure!

Copies of my book Joyous Child Joyous Family are flying out my door during my free book giveaway! I love that so many people are getting several to give to their family and friends.

One simple idea in this book can change your relationship with your child forever and support your child in being more fully herself for the rest of her life! Wouldn’t this be a magnificent gift to give yourself, your child, and those you love?

Reminder: My F.REE book giveaway with F.REE webinar ends this Friday so you still have time to get your copy and some for those you love. All I ask is you cover the small cost of shipping.

Go here to get your F.REE book(s).

Plus everyone who has a book, whether as a purchase or as a gift, is invited to participate in my F.REE Q & A webinar in September.

If you already have a copy of Joyous Child Joyous Parent and have not already registered for the webinar, go here to sign-up.

Today’s video Tip # 6: Be More Authentically Yourself with your Child

Wow! This is such an important component of parenting that it takes my breath away. Your child emotionally needs for you to be yourself, not the perfect parent. Too often, we act like the parents we think we should be, and not the people we honestly are in our hearts.

What do you do when you are being authentic with your child? I’d love to know. Please share in Comments below.

Happy trails!

To your Joyous Family!

Connie

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August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I’m having so much fun giving my books away! I love giving parents the insights and tools I discovered that have made such a powerful, positive impact in my life, in my son’s life, my grandchildren’s lives, my clients’ lives, the lives of the young people I taught.

As part of my book giveaway, which is happening now, I am hosting a F.REE Q & A webinar for EVERYONE who has a copy of my book. If you already have a copy of my book, get one F.REE during the giveaway, whenever or however you got your copy, I’d love to have you join me for this event. You can register for the webinar here.

During the webinar, I will answer your questions and show you how to resolve your current parenting challenges by creating more emotionally nurturing, healthy interactions with your child. Emotional pain and confusion – yours and your child’s – are at the root of all your parenting difficulties.

When you discover how to work with emotions, you will see your discomfort and difficulties with your child dramatically improve or even disappear easily and quickly.

Here are some results you might observe:
~ You will be more patient and relaxed as a parent.
~ You and your child will have fewer arguments, meltdowns, incidents of yelling at one another.
~ Your child will be happier and more self-confident and self-reliant.
~ Your child will listen to you and be more cooperative.
~ You won’t need to repeat yourself multiple times to get results.
~ Your child will be more independent and self-responsible.
~ You will have significantly fewer worries and stresses as a parent.

If this sounds appealing to you, I invite you to get my book Joyous Child Joyous Parent today for F.REE during my giveaway. Go here to get your F.REE book.

If you already have a copy of my book, maybe one you purchased a couple of years ago and want to attend my webinar in early September, you must register before the event. Go here to register for the F.REE webinar.

Note: You MUST confirm that you want the information about the webinar in the follow-up email you will receive. If you do not confirm, you will not receive the access information for the webinar.

Remember, copies of my book are going quickly. When they are gone, the giveaway ends whether it is Monday or next Friday.

I’ll be thrilled to send you a F.REE copy of Joyous Child Joyous Parent and to have you join me for my F.REE pull-no-punches webinar, in which I will give you the best of what I know.

I wish you a fun, relaxing weekend with your family!

Happy trails!

To your Joyous Family!
Connie

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Tip #5 ~ The Importance of Being Adventurous with Your Child

August 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Today is the first day of my book giveaway and I have a new video for you. You can read about both below.

“Joyous Child Joyous Parent” Book Giveaway

From now until midnight, Friday, August 24, I am giving all of my printed books away for F.REE. And you are welcome to get additional copies for your family and friends! All I ask is that you cover the low investment of handling and shipping.

My book will still be available in the future in a printed version with a quality cover I love, and I am in the process of creating e-versions for all formats.

Plus, as my gift for everyone who takes action to raise a more Joyous Child and to be a more Joyous Parent by investing in my book during the give-away. I will host a free Q & A webinar during which I will answer as many of your parenting questions as I can for a full 60 minutes! This is win-win-win!

Quantities are limited so don’t wait until the last day to get yours! When they are gone, they are gone, even if it is before the end of the give-away.

Go here to get your free book/s and webinar now.

I am thrilled to be sharing this transformational, results-driven information with you!

New Video: The Importance of Being Adventurous with Your Child

Most of us don’t immediately think of being adventurous with our child as a good idea. It seems our child can be adventurous enough on his own.

In my new video Tip #5 I explain the importance of being more adventurous together and give you some tips on how to do it easily.

And, yes, being adventurous is an important part of parenting! Who knew?

What adventures have you taken with your child – whether a toddler or a teen? I’d love to hear about them in the Comments section.

Happy trails!

To your Joyous Family!

Connie

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What Kind of Tantrum is Your Child Having Now?

July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Children of all ages have tantrums and emotional upsets. Interestingly, the steps to respond to tantrums are the same, whether your child is 2 or 25. Even if you have an older or even grown child, this info applies to your child also.

Thanks to my work with children and parents, I’ve discovered there is more than one kind of tantrum. Many people believe tantrums are only about a crying, upset child who doesn’t get his way, and there is one way to respond to all tantrums.

Yet if you treat all tantrums as if they are the same, you miss the deeper communication your child is giving you.

Yes, a tantrum – whether it is loud, screaming and crying or silent and withdrawn – is a communication from your child. Your child is telling you something important.

It is not just a manipulation or an act of defiance. Your child is not testing you, even though it may feel like that.

For various possible reasons, your child has chosen this method to communicate with you.

So far, I’ve discovered 6 different kinds of tantrums with 6 different messages. Some of them are somewhat similar and yet each requires that you respond in a unique way. I’d like to share a couple of them with you.

First is the kind everyone generally thinks of when they hear the word ‘tantrum.” Johnny wants something, and you say, “No,” which prompts a screaming, crying scene. What makes this unique is that it’s part of a repetitive pattern your child has learned over time.

His communication sounds something like this, “I want something and you’re not giving it to me. I’ve used screaming and crying before and it’s worked so I will keep this up until you give in and give me what I want just to get me to stop.”

Some parents have told me their child can go on for hours. This is exhausting and no-fun for you or your child.

This child doesn’t know or trust the power of his words to have an impact with you so his default is crying as a communication. [Read more…]

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How is Technology Affecting Your Child?

July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Parents often share with me their concern about their child’s frequent use of technology, their seeming ‘addiction’ to all things virtual – texting, video games, instant messaging, cell phones, game boys in addition to TV and movies.

Recently I came across an article about children and technology by child psychologist and author David Elkind of Tufts University. I’ve always had great respect, affinity and admiration for his ideas and teachings.

In his article, Elkind reflects on the many changes a child experiences because of our technological society…the focus on speed in making things happen, general cultural changes of feeling busier and more rushed to get things done.

Cell phones and IM that feed into the divide between children and their parents because they have easy and immediate access to friends 24 / 7.

Before the digital culture, there was a language and lore of childhood – games, songs, rhymes, stories passed down verbally from generation to generation. Remember “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider?” Now young people have access to information from all over the world with little need or time for such ‘silly games.’

One of the things that most concerns me is the loss of 8 – 12 hours per week of unstructured play and outdoor pastimes. Elkind reminds us “spontaneous play allows children to use their imagination, make and break rules, socialize with each other…nurtures their autonomy and originality.”

These are hugely essential developmental experiences and skills that naturally develop problem-solving skills, social skills, self-expression, deep connection to one’s self, and creativity. If we limit these in our children, we “dumb them down” as author-educator John Taylor Gatto would say, and advance a mindless lack of awareness of self, others, and the realities of life. [Read more…]

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