by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Mar 20, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, Podcast
From the Old Way of Parenting to the Purejoy Way: Do you know that feeling at the end of the day when you look back at how your day went and notice that you didn’t nurture the connections you wanted to, feel drained, and overall guilty about how you acted with...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Mar 3, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Connection, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, SafeSeat, Single Parenting
The other day, one of those very wet gray days which are common in Manchester (and they feel particularly gray and wet if it happens to be Sunday), I had a bright idea: I will teach Lara how to ride a bike without training wheels. A great idea, isn’t it? She is...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 19, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, Podcast
One of my highest values is health and wellness so I decided early on that it would be a high priority in our family. As babies, I fed my children the way I wanted and clothed them with ‘healthy’ fabrics. I covered their little bodies with ‘healthy’ things on their...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 13, 2023 | Behavior, Emotional Maturity, Perception
On one hand parenting is a very practical job. Feeding the baby, changing the baby’s diapers, giving the baby a bath, cleaning up after the baby and on and on it goes. Even though this can seem a bit tedious you gladly offer these gifts to your innocent beautiful...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Jan 30, 2023 | Behavior, Blog, Boundaries, Connection, Parenting Advice, Uncategorized
Oh no!!!! Is this PERMISSIVE parenting?!?!? (dun dun dun DUN!!!!!) 😨 When learning about the Purejoy Parenting philosophy, it’s pretty common for parents to ask… aren’t I just letting my kid do whatever they want? Thinking that you have the power to...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Jan 9, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Blog, Connection
In Purejoy, the focus is on examining and exploring your internal experience in relation to your child’s behavior. Instead of controlling the behavior to change your internal experience you learn to question the meaning you put to your internal experience. When...
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