Do you ever feel totally lost when you are trying to figure out how to stop a toddler from hitting? They might be hitting you, their siblings, or some kid at play group. Is there anything more humbling than to have this little kid who you just can’t get to stop hitting everyone? Yep.

Here’s one amazing tip that helped me a bunch of my toddlers. Too bad I didn’t hear about it until the 3rd but it was absolutely amazing and I should have done it with all my kids.

Do you ever feel totally lost when it comes to dealing with your toddler’s temper tantrums? It’s so humbling!!!  You have this little kid – a two-year-old - who is completely controlling you. And you just don’t know what to do. So here are some tops tips for managing toddler tempter tantrums and coming out with your sanity intact!

I don’t go to the movies that often with my kids, but when I do, I try to pick a movie that will have some great moral values to impart for my kids. I find that after we walk out of the theater, the kids are all excited about the movie and we could just talk for hours about what we saw, why the characters did what they did and of course, what we could learn from them. Here’s one movie that I would watch any child who’s feeling different.

Discipline has gotten a bad rap over the years, but – it’s actually a good thing – when done the right way, with the right intentions. I’m going to share with you a 3-prong approach to positive discipline, so you know just what 3 questions to ask yourself when misbehavior is in the air in your home. (Although of course I wish upon you only smiling compliant little angel faces looking up at you! 😊)

A number of years ago I was bemoaning to a friend that my kids were late to school again and what a big mess my house was again and how I felt like I was all over the place and not managing again.

“Did you ever consider that maybe you have ADHD?” she asked.

I laughed and said “Sure, don’t we all?”

I had never really thought about myself being an ADHD mom.  Isn’t that something that kids have?

You have a power. It’s a mighty and strong power. It has a huge impact on building character for kids. It can build or tear down, strengthen love or create hate. With this power you build a person. It all depends on how you use it. It’s the power of the tongue.

I was in mom burnout and I didn’t even know it. It crept up on me slowly but surely over time and I didn’t see it coming and didn’t even recognize it while it was there. The question is - what does mom burnout look like, how did we get there and more importantly, how do we GET OUT?

As much as parenting can be overwhelming, exhausting and confusing, there’s so much we can learn to help us see a new perspective, a new way of thinking and some great tips to make the day in day out easier.

Here are some awesome books that I love. Some of these ideas will resonate more with you than others. That’s ok. That’s what give us all personality and individuality. The main point is to be growing and learning and becoming a better parent every day.

Creating the perfect working mom schedule is a challenge! You want to be there for your kids, do a great job at work, serve delicious meals and still have time to for yourself! How to! Here’s a window into my life and the working mom schedule I’ve created for myself.

One of the reasons I believe strongly that my kids should be doing chores is because I want to instill in them the value of responsibility towards their family. The generation today is one of entitlement. “The world is here to serve me” type. A mentality of “I don’t need to do for you unless it’s worth it for me”. I don’t want my kids to be raised like that. I want my kids to grow up feeling responsible (in a healthy way) for themselves and those around them. That’s why I don’t pay kids for chores.

“You have 8 kids? How do you do it all?” I’ve been asked this question many times over the years - how to do it all? Trust me, I know what it means to be an overwhelmed mom, which I was for many years.

Super overwhelmed. I felt like I was walking in circles chasing my tail all day long every day trying to do everything. I never knew where to turn next, or what should be priority. It’s been a long learning curve! But I learned. Here are my tricks for how to do it all!

Do you ever feel like you can’t even go to the bathroom without someone getting hurt or a major disaster happening? Like there’s constantly a mess, a fight, a ‘world war’ and it never ends? Can I take a guess that you might have a seriously challenging child at home? Whose behaviour can get insane?

I want my kids to be happy. Don’t we all?  I want my kids to have a good circle of friends, to go to school happy, come home and play with the neighbors, and have play dates over the weekend. Is that too much to ask for? Well apparently yes - for some kids. Social Skills for children who don't have them naturally can be super challenging.