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Cara Tyrrell, Founder Core4Parenting
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Contributing Writer: Erica Trainor from the Lil' Iguana’s Children’s Safety Foundation

 

As parents of toddlers and preschoolers, we’ve all found ourselves saying “don’t” more times than we can count.

 

“Don’t touch that!”
“Don’t talk to strangers!”
“Don’t go near the water!”
“Don’t eat that!”

 

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Tapping Into Calm: How to Use EFT Tapping to Help Your Child with Anxiety and Fear anxiety back to school behavior emotional awareness emotional regulation mental health mindset parenting tips stress release tapping
Contributing Writer: Lauren Fonvielle

 

If you’ve ever watched your child struggle with fear, overwhelm, or nervousness — and wished you had a magic wand to help — you’re not alone. As parents, we want to protect and empower our kids, but sometimes we’re not sure how. That’s where EFT (Emotional F...

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You Love Your Kids Unconditionally collaborative parenting conscious parenting core 4 gentle parenting growth mindset mindset parenting

I believe that all kids are worthy of our respect, trust, honesty. 

Without having to earn it.

Yes, even two year olds.

 

This is the foundational principle in the Collaborative Parenting Methodology(TM) I used to raise my kids and teach my students. 

 

Nurturing human connection between adult...

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How To Talk to Toddlers Mid-Tantrum behavior collaborative parenting conscious parenting foundational skills gentle parenting language skills parenting scripts

Tantrums are all kinds of T's: Tricky, Terrible, Testing, Trying, and, in any given day, Too Many!  (and Too Loud!)

 

I know, I'm preaching to the toddler tribe choir here.

 

You know that my goal is to teach you about another set of alliterative T's: how to Turn Tantrums into Teachable Moments....

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Do Your Kids Lie? Here's Why & What to Say behavior character collaborative parenting conscious parenting flexible thinking parenting

Meet Davey, a high-energy, fun spirited little boy who is ALWAYS in motion.

This is toddler Davey loving life way back in 2021.

He's now six years old and the hero in my story-of-the-week on the podcast. 

Why? 

 

Because he lied to me, and then told the truth to his teacher about lying to me.

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A couple weeks ago I scooped up my Goddaughter and headed to the local library. 

Last summer they renovated their infant/toddler play space and it is truly AHmazing now! 

We touched everything, emptied and filled buckets, made stories with magnetic & felt walls, and squeezed countless stuffies for...

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#1 Thing I Wish I'd Done When I Had Littles first time mom mom life motherhood parenthood self care self identity

 Remember who I am. 

Yep, that is the number one thing I wish I'd done when my kids were tiny. 

 

Instead, I turned over every part of myself to them

 

Gave until I had nothing left to give, and then, pushed harder.

Of course our job is to meet their needs when they can't, particularly as in...

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The #1 Tool for Toddler Regulation collaborative parenting conscious parenting core4 emotional intelligence emotional regulation family parenting skill development

Meet Sylvie and her collaborative mama and daddy celebrating her 3rd birthday. Last Saturday, was her first “real kid” birthday party.  

 

The kind where you invite allll the kids from daycare, and hope for the best while expecting the worst!

 

Picture this: Lots of  littles  running around (ind...

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Tired of Hearing "I'm Bored"? behavior collaborative parenting creativity emotional awareness parenting

Honestly, I say those words sometimes too. 

Nope - not the swear words. 🤣I'm not a cusser but be sure to listen to this short podcast episode to hear what I DO say! 

I'll hear myself take a *long, deep sigh* and say, outloud, 🗣️"I'm so bored". 

But the truth is, I'm feeling a lot of things in tha...

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Gluten and I hate each other. Okay, that's not entirely true.  It’s more like a double dutch jump rope rhyme:

 

I love gluten but it hates me. When I eat it, I feel icky!

 

I don't have celiacs or even a ‘gluten sensitive’ diagnosis, but I do know my body.

 

When I indulge in gluteny-goodness ...

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How to Find the Calm inside the Chaos of Motherhood about me mom life motherhood perspective psychology self care

 I just got back from two weeks on the road. I racked up:

  • Three climates
  • two time zones
  • and a whole lot of amazing adventures.

 

I was in Colorado, meeting clients, writing, and exploring the Rocky Mountains.

The mornings started at 24 degrees, the afternoons finished at 60 but felt like 8...

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Christmas 2011 - Also known as the year we hit the reset button on the holiday.

Christmas is the season of giving and receiving between friends, families, and coworkers, but from the perspective of a little one, it’s all about the ‘getting’.  

 

The way they give back to us, through their smiles,...

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