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The Screaming Non-Verbal Baby/Toddler

March 24, 2022October 28, 2020 by valplowman
Screaming toddler or baby

Tips for stopping the tantrums, screaming, and crying when you have a non-verbal toddler. Often these tantrums stem from frustration for lack of ability to communicate. You may be familiar …

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Categories Discipline, Pretoddler, Tantrums Tags communication, sign language 12 Comments

Why We Do Not Have a Video Player in Our Vehicle

August 10, 2020February 1, 2018 by valplowman
Why We Do Not Have a Video Player in Our Vehicle | technology | communication

In this post: Reasons we do not have a DVD or video player in our family vehicle. I love not having television/movies/tech permanently in our vehicle. When we purchased our …

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Categories Technology Tags communication Leave a comment

How To Teach a Gifted Child Communication Skills

August 18, 2022January 18, 2018 by valplowman
How To Teach a Gifted Child Communication Skills | communication | gifted | gifted children | #gifted

“Have a good weekend!” “Goodbye!” “Bye Brayden!” One day as we walked out of the school together, child after child told my then fourth grader, Brayden, goodbye and wished him …

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45 Questions to Get Your Child Talking

August 31, 2020August 30, 2017 by valplowman
45 Questions to Get Your Child Talking

My twelve year old son has a super talent. He can answer any open-ended question with one word, and do it well. He has sharpened my skills as a question-asker. …

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Categories Child, Parenting, Preteen, Teens Tags Back to School, communication Leave a comment

How to Divide Responsibilities in a Marriage

September 14, 2020February 23, 2017 by valplowman
How to Divide Responsibilities in a Marriage

How to Divide Responsibilities in a Marriage. How to find a solution you are both happy with and how to keep it that way! Seven steps to take to get …

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Communication Index

January 30, 2019July 31, 2016 by valplowman

  Communicating Acceptance not Rejection  Triad Communication {Getting Kids to Talk}  

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Communicating Acceptance not Rejection {Guest Post}

January 30, 2019April 10, 2014 by valplowman

by Rachel Norman Most mothers do not purposefully reject their children. In fact, if you are reading this blog, you are probably a proactive parent who looks to find ways …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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