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Last week we talked about how boundaries make children feel safe and that it's okay to put limits around space. I'd say on the whole millennial mothers spend a lot of time, effort, and energy teaching their children that they are the boss of their body. Yet somehow, we seem to have missed the memo that it also applies to us. And that's what I want to talk about tonight: OUR bodily autonomy.

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There is nothing I've recommended that seems to get people's backs up like my recommendation to parents to put limits around space for their children. I'm not suggesting you throw your children in a dungeon and throw away the key, but putting limits around space is actually helpful and a relief for your child - even if they rail against in the beginning.

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After 10 years as an early interventionist and now going on 6 years as a mother, I am ALL about reducing stress, so I'm sharing my top tips to reduce the back to school stress for you and your kiddos as we start the school year.

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Are you a "yeller"? Does it feel like yelling is the ONLY way your kids sit up and listen? Yelling can become a self-fulfilling prophecy if used incorrectly and create more problems than it solves. In this back episode from June we discuss yelling as a parenting technique.

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Why focus on these tools with toddlers and preschoolers? It all comes down to energy.

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Does the fact that your child lies mean that you're raising a dishonest little sh*t? Why do they lie when they know you know the truth?! Even when you SAW them do it? In this episode, we discuss why young children lie and how to respond when they do.

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You're scared of talking about *sex* with your kids?! Join the club. Here's how to make it not so scary and 💣 like.

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A colleague recently asked me if I could only teach you 4 things- what would they be? It took me a lot of mulling to figure it out, but I finally did.

Let's unpack "Boys will be boys" and the damage it does to all children.

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By now I'm sure you're aware that there are a lot of social justice issues popping up around the world. As millennials, we are gradually becoming responsible for governance in all areas of that process. As we work to restore respect and equality we need to pay close to not only the intellectual knowledge and values that we are consciously imparting but also to teaching our children the skills to actually put that knowledge to practice.

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