by Marcie Durst | Jan 14, 2025 | Parenting in General, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Tools
Before you had kids, did you have a picture in your mind of the perfect mom? The kind of mom YOU were going to be? When you think about your imaginary mom now, what’s your reaction? Mine is to laugh! I mean really. I had no idea…. As moms, we know that our attitude...
by Marcie Durst | Nov 8, 2024 | Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Tools
Imagine a friend of yours telling you, “I’m so exhausted. My kid just argues with me constantly and I end up losing it on him. It is just beating me down.”What would you say to that friend?? Maybe something like “Ugh. I’ve been there. That is so hard.” Now what about...
by Leanne Page | Feb 26, 2024 | Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Tools
Work Parent Thrive is one of my favorite reads of 2023. Why? It combines all the things I love- good parenting, sound advice based in research, and Acceptance and Commitment Training, something I use daily in my own life and teach in Parent Coaching and in continuing...
by Leanne Page | Feb 6, 2024 | About ABA, Positive Reinforcement, Problem Behavior, Teaching Tools
The trend on social media these days seems to have shifted from being the perfect Pinterest mom (or dad) to the hilariously imperfect parents whose children are completely out of control. Where is the balance? Who wants to be either of these extremes? Is there a...
by Leanne Page | Nov 21, 2022 | Parenting in General, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Tools
Do your holiday traditions align with your family values? The holidays should be about joy and magic for our kids. What if we flipped the script and instead of using threats such as: “Santa’s watching…” and “You’d better not cry…,” we send a more positive and...
by Leanne Page | Jul 25, 2022 | About ABA, Parenting in General, Positive Reinforcement, Problem Behavior, Uncategorized
When your child is doing something that is driving you crazy and/or causing problems in your home- what is your first reaction? What is that knee jerk parenting reaction we all have. SHUT. IT. DOWN. Make it stop. Find a way to put an end to this problem behavior....
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