by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Apr 6, 2022 | Challenging Behavior, Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
You’ve heard the saying, ‘What you focus on, you see more of.” Here’s an example of that. If you’re thinking of buying a new car, and the color red appeals to you, you’ll suddenly start seeing red cars everywhere. You never realized...
by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Jun 9, 2021 | Challenging Behavior, Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
How often do you make a pronouncement to your child as if it were a psychic prediction? “You’d better climb down or you’ll break your leg!” “Stop that now or you’ll break it!” And who could forget Ralphie’s mom in...
by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Dec 11, 2020 | Challenging Behavior, Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
Your child loves preschool. They have fun, they have friends, and they’re happy when you pick them up at the end of the day. In fact, they’ve had so much fun that they often don’t want to come home! So why is drop-off a nightmare? Why does your...
by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Nov 12, 2020 | Challenging Behavior, Tools for Mothers
How often have you had this experience? Your darling child has once again hit their little brother after you’ve talked to them about what they should do instead scolded them countless times after they’ve hit their brother before given them activities to...
by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Sep 3, 2020 | Challenging Behavior, Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
When your child is having a behavior problem Frequent tantrums Hitting or biting Fighting with siblings Resisting routines like bedtime it seems easy enough to identify the problem: They’re not doing something they should be doing! OR – They’re doing something they...
by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Aug 19, 2020 | Challenging Behavior, Child Temperament, Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
It happens so often, especially when you don’t want it to. You’ve vowed over and over that you won’t do it. You hated it when you were little and your mother did it. Yet, it keeps happening. Once again, you’re yelling at your kids. You hate yelling, and you feel bad...
