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freedoms

What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 by valplowman
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What to do when your toddler is getting out of bed or your child is getting out of bed. Whether you have a toddler climbing out of crib or hopping …

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Categories Sleep Problems Tags crib to bed transition, freedoms 29 Comments

Keeping Kids in the “Funnel”

March 24, 2025 by valplowman
Kaitlyn standing at a pirate ship wheel

When your kids are in the funnel, they have freedoms and privileges that are age-appropriate for them. They also have responsibilities that are age-appropriate. Discipline issues arise when kids have …

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Categories Funnel Tags boundaries, freedoms Leave a comment

How to Stop a Tantrum: Address the Choice Addiction

August 17, 2021May 17, 2021 by valplowman
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Common choices given to children they shouldn’t have and how to stop the tantrums that go with them. When a tantrum arises, there can be many causes for it. One …

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Categories Preschoolwise, Tantrums, Toddler Tags freedoms 10 Comments

How To Stop Backtalk Now (and prevent it in the future)

May 26, 2021September 26, 2019 by valplowman
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Find out how to stop backtalk from your kids and how to best prevent it from coming back in the future. It is a fast and simple fix! Read for tips. …

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Categories Discipline Tags freedoms, wise in own eyes 1 Comment

How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience

May 26, 2021August 29, 2019 by valplowman
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You want your child to learn to make decisions and have freedom to do so, but allowing it at too young of an age will only lead to disobedience. When …

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Categories Funnel, Preschoolwise Tags disobedience, freedoms, obedience, wise in own eyes 4 Comments

Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained

November 20, 2024August 14, 2019 by valplowman
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How “wise in your own eyes” leads to conflict between you and your child. Understand what decision-making freedoms to allow your child to have. While our little ones are babies, …

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Categories Funnel, Preschoolwise Tags freedoms, wise in own eyes 14 Comments

When Kids Push The Limits (Dos and Don’ts)

February 19, 2024June 19, 2014 by valplowman
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When your child decides to push boundaries and break rules, what should you do about it? This post discusses what to do and what not to do about it. As …

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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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