Parenting With Psychology

Helping you build a set of parenting tools so you feel like an amazing parent ready to overcome your daily challenges.

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How to Survive Dining Out With Your Kids 3 2 thank you! 5 c’s 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years choices & checkpoints consequences discipline eating routines Aug 10, 2023

How would you like a break from prepping dinner tonight?  Let somebody else do the cooking for a change - and the dishes too.  Take the family out to your favorite local family-friendly...

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How to Keep Your Little One From "Bonking" 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years consistency eating problem solving routines Jun 29, 2023

People sometimes ask if I use my training as a clinical psychologist (someone who is trained to assess, diagnose, and treat mental disorders) on my children, and thankfully there’s little...

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Pack Those Snacks With Protein 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years consistency eating health milestones routines May 25, 2023

At the heart of Parenting With Psychology is the concept of integrating principles from psychology into parenting to help you and your children have more fulfilling interactions on a daily...

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Breakfast is Scheduled: Simplify Your Family's Morning Routine 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years consistency eating problem solving routines Apr 20, 2023

Today I have a tip to share with mothers, fathers, caregivers, etc., that came about from using basic problem-solving skills (see Love, Balance, & Problem Solving), which are a core...

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Master Your Child's Bedtime Routine 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years birth - 6 months consistency eating routines sleep Apr 06, 2023

Yesterday a dear friend asked my advice on managing her tired ten-year-old who gets “tanky” – tired and cranky.  What to do with a tired child?  This topic is so large...

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Schedules of Reinforcement: When to Use Positive and Negative Reinforcement 11 years - 18 years 5 years - 11 years 6 months - 5 years consequences discipline eating learning routines sleep Mar 30, 2023

We’ve already had an introduction to B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory (see Understanding Reinforcement vs. Punishment), so now it’s time to delve deeper and discuss...

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PARENTING WITH PSYCHOLOGY™

Amazing parenting is not about always saying
and doing the right thing and raising perfect children.  It’s about becoming intentional in your parenting and proactive in learning skills to help you parent more effectively in a way that fits best for your unique parent-child dynamics.

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