by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Nov 13, 2020 | Big Feelings, Blog, Podcasts
For a good part of my life, I believed I didn’t have the support I needed in order to walk through the difficulties of life. Life should be easier, because it all felt like too much. Things were coming at me faster than I could handle. It had to STOP. In childhood I...
by PureJoyParenting | Nov 27, 2011 | Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice
I find it extremely challenging to trust that my daughter will do the “right” thing if I don’t constantly remind her or hold her to my standard. So, as a parent, I made a choice not to take over my daughter’s business and trust that she will...
by PureJoyParenting | Jul 1, 2010 | Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Single Parenting
I have prided myself, as a single mom, in being self-reliant. I can do it all has been my motto! Hand me a challenge and watch me power down and make it through. Phew! Even writing about it makes me tired. Where did I get the idea that it was an asset to hold it all...
by PureJoyParenting | Apr 17, 2010 | Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice
My daughter just learned to braid her hair. Yesterday she was able to do it, to her liking, and was very proud of herself. This morning she woke up, trying to repeat the braid and wasn’t able to do it. In her frustration, she yelled at me, to come help her. I...
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