No blog post this week. I'm off to have another baby. Looking forward to sharing stories involving this new little one with you soon!
Blessings!
Tara
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Tara Wood, M.A. has been one of Colorado's most respected parenting coaches and educators. She now resides in Hudson, OH. Tara supports parents beginning in pregnancy and continuing through parenting of teens by offering effective parenting advice and tips. Follow her paretning journey as she gives practical examples of how she implements positive parenting techniques with her own three children and get inspired to do the same!
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Want support in parenting your own kids? Find you're getting stuck on how to handle certain reoccurring issues? Read all the books and it's just confused you more?
Tara can help!
Tara provides many resources to parents to help support them on their parenting journey including phone consults, private consults, in-home coaching (like those nannies on t.v.), and teaches classes and workshops on a variety of topics. She works with ALL family types including blended families, those with adopted children, and single parents.
Don't live in Colorado? Arrange for a phone consult or to correspond through e-mail.
Contact Tara Wood at tara@xylemfamily.org for more information on fees and how to get started on making your parenting experience easier and more enjoyable right away!
Contact Tara also for information on how she can come speak to your church, organization or small group.
Tara can help!
Tara provides many resources to parents to help support them on their parenting journey including phone consults, private consults, in-home coaching (like those nannies on t.v.), and teaches classes and workshops on a variety of topics. She works with ALL family types including blended families, those with adopted children, and single parents.
Don't live in Colorado? Arrange for a phone consult or to correspond through e-mail.
Contact Tara Wood at tara@xylemfamily.org for more information on fees and how to get started on making your parenting experience easier and more enjoyable right away!
Contact Tara also for information on how she can come speak to your church, organization or small group.
About Me
Why Do This Blog?
I co founded Xylem Family Resource in 2004 out of a desire to help parents learn how to be more effective parents in a way that actually makes their parenting experience more enjoyable (and easier) while at the same time teaches their kids to be problem solvers, take ownership of their own behavior, and be loving and caring individuals...All this while creating strong healthy relationships between parent and child that will last a lifetime.
Probably the question I get asked most is, "Do you really do all this with your own kids?" And the second question I get most asked is "How do you do this with your own kids?"
I know that many people will say I'm breaking the rules by opening up my personal life in this way since I'm a parenting educator sharing my personal parenting stories. And apparently, that's a no-no. But I'm choosing to do this to show that even I have to be very intentional about my interactions with my kids. That sometimes it's really inconvenient. That I don't have this anomaly family with picture-perfect children who do whatever I say without any effort on my part. In fact, believe it or not, my kids are very strong-willed and I have experienced many of the challenges that most of the parents I work with have experienced.
I know the feeling of being so frustrated I want to hit my kids. I have had many times when my husband has had to jump in and help me get refocused when I've gotten stuck in a power struggle. I have had to apologize to my children for making parenting mistakes.
But in the end, I would like to say that I really do try to practice what I preach...or in this case, parent what I preach. I think that if there is any major advantage that I have in parenting is that I have to talk about good parenting so much with others throughout the week that I can't HELP but be a better parent with my own kids.
My hope is that I can show that I am a real mom with real kids doing real parenting on a day to day basis. And I can do it (most of the time) and so can you.
Probably the question I get asked most is, "Do you really do all this with your own kids?" And the second question I get most asked is "How do you do this with your own kids?"
I know that many people will say I'm breaking the rules by opening up my personal life in this way since I'm a parenting educator sharing my personal parenting stories. And apparently, that's a no-no. But I'm choosing to do this to show that even I have to be very intentional about my interactions with my kids. That sometimes it's really inconvenient. That I don't have this anomaly family with picture-perfect children who do whatever I say without any effort on my part. In fact, believe it or not, my kids are very strong-willed and I have experienced many of the challenges that most of the parents I work with have experienced.
I know the feeling of being so frustrated I want to hit my kids. I have had many times when my husband has had to jump in and help me get refocused when I've gotten stuck in a power struggle. I have had to apologize to my children for making parenting mistakes.
But in the end, I would like to say that I really do try to practice what I preach...or in this case, parent what I preach. I think that if there is any major advantage that I have in parenting is that I have to talk about good parenting so much with others throughout the week that I can't HELP but be a better parent with my own kids.
My hope is that I can show that I am a real mom with real kids doing real parenting on a day to day basis. And I can do it (most of the time) and so can you.
Xylem Family Resource and Related Links
Recommended Books
- Tim Kimmel, "Grace Based Parenting"
- William Ury, "The Power of a Positive No"
- Lewis Smedes, "The Art of Forgiving"
- Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Solution Series including “The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems”
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