Self-Confidence – Page 3 – Success Tactics of the Mama Bear Mother by Barbara Ling

May 17, 2011 Discipline, Respect, Self-Confidence No Comments

Time-Outs Are Just Plain Stupid

Every time I hear a parent telling their child, "you're going to be in (gasp!) TIME OUT!", I cringe. What an incredibly stupid idea. I mean, just consider what exactly a time-out does. I think some parents have this blissful idea that children will think on their transgressions and realize quite how wrong their actions […]

May 16, 2011 Discipline, Parenting, Respect, Self-Confidence No Comments

Dealing With Stupid Lying Part 1

I guess that every child goes thru lying every now and then. Thing is….HS2 is going thru it more than, say, Barney attempts to inhale small children on a daily basis. As you can imagine, this gets 'way frustrating 'way quick! However, dealing with it is not as easy as MamaBear would prefer. I would […]

May 15, 2011 Respect, Self-Confidence, Siblings No Comments

How YOU can beat compassion into your children via a figurative 2×4

ALERT! Hell….just froze over. No, MamaBear is *really* serious here. Hell didn't just freeze over, it ate the North Pole. And MB is so tickled pink by this, she could stand up and sing. Kinda like this. But she digresses. No, today, MamaBear's Honorable Son #1 (middle school child)….saw his brother was crying and instead […]