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Stories, tips, and things we've learned about raising kids with big feelings.

Bedtime Stories as a Positive Discipline for Kids Tool
Jul 09, 2026
Bedtime Stories as a Positive Discipline for Kids Tool
Every guide to positive discipline for kids eventually says the same thing: teach the skill in a calm momen...
Positive Discipline for Kids vs. Punishment: The Real Difference
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids vs. Punishment: The Real Difference
Let's have the honest version of this comparison, because the dishonest version — where punishment never wo...
Positive Discipline for Kids During Tantrums (Co-Regulation)
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids During Tantrums (Co-Regulation)
There is no discipline technique on earth that works during a full tantrum — and knowing that is itself the...
Positive Discipline for Kids: Scripts for the 5 Daily Battles
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: Scripts for the 5 Daily Battles
The theory of positive discipline for kids is easy to nod along to at 10 p.m. with a parenting book. The ha...
Positive Discipline for Kids: Connection Before Correction
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: Connection Before Correction
Here's the moment: your five-year-old just shoved his cousin over a toy, everyone's watching, and your inst...
Positive Discipline for Kids: What It Is (and Isn't)
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: What It Is (and Isn't)
Say "positive discipline" at a family barbecue and someone will roll their eyes: so the kids just do whatev...
Reading to Two Kids at Once: Books to Read for Kids of Different Ages
Jul 09, 2026
Reading to Two Kids at Once: Books to Read for Kids of Different Ages
One parent, one bedtime window, a three-year-old who wants the truck book and a six-year-old who finds the ...
Family Reading Night: Books to Read for Kids Together
Jul 09, 2026
Family Reading Night: Books to Read for Kids Together
Bedtime reading is usually a one-on-one affair — one parent, one kid, one lamp. Lovely, but there's an upgr...
Books to Read for Kids That Raise Question-Askers
Jul 09, 2026
Books to Read for Kids That Raise Question-Askers
There are two kinds of smart kid: the one with a lot of answers, and the one with a lot of questions — and ...