Category Archives: Tough Feelings
Worried about the over-sexualization of girls?
REGISTER NOW TO JOIN OTHER GIRL ACTIVISTS AND ALLIES FIGHTING OVERSEXUALIZATION OF GIRLS IN MEDIA. What is SPARK? SPARK: Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge is a day to speak out, push back on the sexualization of girls, and have fun … Continue reading
Posted in Child Problems, Fear and Worry
Tagged oversexualization of girls, Postpartum Depression
Leave a comment
Mothers are containers, like cookie jars!
Here is a wild idea. But it will start to make sense as you read – Mothers are like Cookie Jars! Mothers are Containers! Yes! When it comes to our children’s feelings and helping them manage them, we mother’s are … Continue reading
3 Steps to understanding and managing angry feelings
I think one of the biggest challenges we face as mothers is managing feelings of anger. These feelings can range from mild irritation and frustration through crankiness and sarcasm to outright rage and snapping into violence. Of course violence can … Continue reading
How to talk to your young children about Jaycee Dugard’s story
Jaycee Dugard’s story is beyond horrifying. It represents an unspeakable nightmare for the parents who lost their child and for the child who not only lost her parents, but lost her childhood and her trust in others and inevitably in … Continue reading
Mothers worrying about swine flu as school begins
I know I worry about my children contracting swine flu and I found this article from Jo Mercola’s newsletter very useful and interesting. I am pasting it in here for you to see! Don’t stop reading till you see his … Continue reading
10 steps to mothering without exploding!
Here is a very simple recipe that works only if you try it! Mother your kids with less reactivity and more responsiveness – in 10 easy steps How often have you felt that your mothering is a series of reactions, … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Mothering
Tagged calm parenting, mothering, parenting routine, reactivity, responsiveness
3 Comments
The Mommy Myth is alive and well…
…. and selling Electrolux. Watching these two commercials made me grab a couple of books from my shelf….. Susan J Douglas and Meredith W Michaels subtitle to their book The Mommy Myth reads: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It … Continue reading
Breaking cycles of dysfunction
Mothering is tough at the best of times. But when we come from dysfuntional families and are stressed out in the present, we tend to resort to automatic, reactive ways of dealing with our children and our stress. And things … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Help, Mothering, Tough Feelings
Tagged 12 steps, AA, Carey Sipp, dysfunctional family, mothering, Self-Care, The Turnaround Mom
5 Comments