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self control

Should You Correct for Attitude?

March 14, 2022July 7, 2014 by valplowman

How to discipline a bad attitude. I believe as parents today, we can really waffle on the idea of correcting or disciplining for attitude. No one likes to have a …

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Categories Discipline, Preteen Tags attitude, BFBN, emotions, self control Leave a comment

Why You Should Teach Your Toddler to Have Self-Control NOW

February 8, 2021February 14, 2011 by valplowman
Toddler sitting still and happy

There are many good reasons to teach the foundational virtue of self-control to your toddler now rather than waiting until he is older. Sometimes, training our children, from baby to …

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Categories Discipline Tags Babywise II, hitting, self control, virtues 2 Comments

Immediate Happiness Should Not Be a Parent’s End Goal

April 13, 2020April 19, 2010 by valplowman
Upset toddler

The reason you should sometimes allow your child to be unhappy in the moment to help him/her be happy long-term down the road. While we all want our children to …

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Categories Parenting Tags Babywise II, self control, word to the weary 6 Comments

Hand Folding: Establishing Self-Control

May 18, 2022February 18, 2008 by valplowman
child folding hands

How to use hand folding to help your little one gain control and stop misbehaving. This simple tool works! In Toddlerwise, it talks about the idea of hand folding. This …

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Categories Discipline Tags self control 8 Comments
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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