by Nina Cuellar-Barry | Apr 29, 2021 | Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
Your life probably has many routines and rhythms that you’re responsible for implementing, for yourself and your children. meal and snack times waking and getting going in the morning bedtime routine school/after-school/homework routines What about rhythms that...
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 23, 2020 | Tools for Mothers, Uncategorized
Being a mom is hard work, while also being the most fun of experiences. They’re both true! It’s also true that some ages are easier than others (depending on the child and the mom) to get through. Babies are hard, toddlers are hard, preschoolers are hard, tweens are...
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...