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Following-Up on Consequences
I’d like to think that being a teacher for nine years will help me be a better parent. Of course there are real differences between teaching children and parenting them, but I hope I have learned some helpful strategies by interacting with more than 320 children.… Read MoreFor example, I learned a lot by reading Lee Canter’s Assertive Discipline. In that book, he talks about the importance of:
- Teaching children how to see their own behavior as a choice that they are in control of
- Helping children clearly understand the consequences of their actions, both positively and negatively
- Following through on consequences consistently and without emotion
I see these three
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Recipe Recommendation
I found this quick and simple recipe (thanks to one of your recommendations!). It calls for creamed spinach, which apparently my local Whole Foods doesn’t carry. Also, they happened to be out of frozen spinach, so I opted for frozen mixed greens instead (think kale, mustard greens, etc.).Matt and I decided to make our own creamed spinach (er, creamed mixed greens) using this recipe, and the results were delicious! I highly recommend blending these two recipes.In the future, I’m still going to opt for mixed greens again, since I get spinach every day through my green smoothie.
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Travel Ideas
From our road trip up the California coast to Canada last yearOur vacation is coming up. I can’t wait!
Henry, Matt, and I will be flying into Albuquerque and then renting a car to drive to Taos for a wedding, then Denver to catch up with old friends, the Estes Park area to visit the B&B where we got married, and then to Breckenridge where we will be meeting up with Matt’s family for a week.… Read MoreTravel is so important to me. It’s one of the few things I absolutely need on a yearly basis. I look forward to my yearly vacation with Matt. Last year we took
