Positive Discipline Parenting Blog
Sproutable’s Positive Discipline blog for parents and caregivers of children tweens to teens.
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Minimizing Phone Drama with Tweens and Teens
All of my clients are having conversations about screens right now. This is a conversation that needs to happen frequently, whether you want to get it right setting up limits for a younger adolescent or[...]By Casey O'Roarty
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Solutions: The Antidote to Consequences, Punishment and Rewards
One of my favorite classes in my counseling graduate program was Group Therapy. I loved reading Irvin Yalom’s big thick book that described all the stages a group goes through, then actually getting to participate in the experience and watching how it played out. In essence, every group starts out with some sort of orientation […]By Julietta Skoog
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How to Stop Being a Lawn Mower Parent
Teaching Kids to be Strong Problem Solvers It started with just a few questions. “Why do I have to go to preschool? Why do you have to go to work? Why can’t I have a babysitter stay home with me?” To these, as I was bustling about the kitchen getting dinner pulled together, I answered […]By Julietta Skoog
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