Peaceful Parenting, Together

Who wants to do an 8 week 1.5hr study of the book “Parenting is Heart at Work” with me? We can take turns reading and discussing. 2 chapters per week.

My almost 3 year old is getting so upset anytime I go anywhere. In a different room of our house, to work, if we go to the grocery store I have to hold her hand while she gets pushed in the cart, she needs me to hold her foot while I'm driving. Anyone have any ideas on how to help with relieving her stress? I never had my eldest react this way and I don't know what to do. I reassure her I try all kinds of things but it doesn't seem to help.

My baby is almost 5 months old now and we have never had any problems with car rides but lately my little has been screaming at the top of her lungs the whole car ride! I can entertain her for a little with playing a show on Netflix but it does not last long before she starts screaming again we sometimes get lucky and she’ll one cry for a minute before falling asleep but I feel bad and don’t know why she screams all of a sudden. It makes it hard to go any where with her Because I can’t deal with her fits when driving alone with her plus I make sure to feed her right before we go anywhere so she’s not hungry

My almost 5 year old son will refuse to leave places when it is time to go home. This could be the park or a friend/relatives house. He will get aggressive and start hitting me and refusing to get in his car seat.

I have given 5-10 minute reminders before leaving a place, explained acceptable behavior when it’s time to leave, be stern that it’s time to go, given consequences for acting out, try to distract onto something else, but it’s still a struggle every time it’s time to go.

I have a baby so it’s hard to handle them both when he gets out of hand. This behavior has gotten worse with the baby so I think it is related.

Any tips on how we can avoid a struggle every time we have to leave? It really makes me not want to take him anywhere.

I’m dreading the transition but my daughter has well outgrown the height limits of her crib. She is just over 2 yrs old. I am not ready to change her sleep with a transition like that! How do I do this and get her to stay in her bed all night? 😢 I am scared of the sleepless nights that may happen.