Courses - Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting

Introduction to Positive Parenting

Perhaps we’ve heard of positive, respectful, gentle, collaborative, conscious, or peaceful parenting, but what do all these things mean, anyway? What do they look like in action? In this video, I explain what positive parenting is and isn’t, and how we can get started on our journey to a more peaceful home.

How to Make Homeschooling Easier for You AND Your Child

This course offers tips for adults who are homeschooling children and want the process to feel easier for everyone involved.

Note that this course is not necessarily for parents who are relegated to following a structured and pre-determined online curriculum set by a school, although some of the tips may still prove helpful.

Subtitles coming soon!

Mom Guilt: 3 Effective Steps to Let it Go

Mom guilt is TOUGH. It feels awful and it certainly doesn’t help our connection to our children. In this video, I discuss three ways we can recover from it — and how to move forward to a greater sense of peace.

Helping a Sensitive Child Adjust to School

Whether your child is struggling with transitions, worrying about making friends, dealing with separation anxiety, or melting down after school, this session gives you tools to help navigate these and other common scenarios. This course approaches them from the standpoint of the highly sensitive child (HSC), but the tips are applicable even if you’re child isn’t normally sensitive.

Sibling Rivalry: 5 Ways to Make Your Home More Peaceful

Sibling rivalry can feel exhausting.

We all know that the more we fill our children’s emotional cups, the less stress they have — and the better they get along. Here are five concrete things you can do to help foster peaceful, lower-stress relationships among your children.

Setting and Enforcing Healthy Boundaries for Kids

What do healthy boundaries look like for kids, and how can we be help them be more likely to buy into them? Here are some tips to help you reduce the amount of “retroactive” parenting you need to do, and to empower the whole family to live together more peacefully.

Subtitles coming soon.

5 Ways to Keep (or Get) Screen Time Under Control

This one isn’t about the kids — it’s about OUR screen time, as parents and caregivers. I get it. I’ve been there and understand excessive screen use firsthand. Here are 5 of the most helpful ways I decreased my time online and increased the amount of balance in my life.

Note: one point I didn’t mention here is that I also invested in a very basic watch that notified me if I was getting a message or a phone call. That reduced my worry that I might be missing an urgent message from someone who was trying to reach me.

When Someone You Love Disagrees with Your Gentle Parenting Style

It’s hard when those whose relationships we value disagree with our choice to parent gently — whether they’re a long-time friend, an extended family member, or even a spouse. Here are some ways to address them while still preserving the relationship.

Note this video does not have subtitles. Coming soon.

Supporting Sensitive Children When They’re Sad, Disappointed, or Angry

This session is about how to support our sensitive children when they’re disappointed, sad, or angry. I offer tips about how to build resiliency and executive functioning skills, while also helping them feel heard and valued. I also discuss sensitivity and whether we can, or should, try to change it.

Subtitles coming soon!

Do Punishment and Consequences Exist in Positive Parenting? If So, How?

Does punishment have a place in positive parenting? Do gentle parents enforce consequences with our kids, or are we simply permissive? This session explores those questions from the perspective of brain science — and gives you some helpful ideas for when you’re “in the moment” with your child.

Note that this course does not have subtitles. Coming soon.

Positive Parenting Courses

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Introduction to Positive Parenting

How to Make Homeschooling Easier for You AND Your Child

Mom Guilt: 3 Effective Steps to Let it Go

Helping a Sensitive Child Adjust to School

Sibling Rivalry: 5 Ways to Make Your Home More Peaceful

Setting and Enforcing Healthy Boundaries for Kids

5 Ways to Keep (or Get) Screen Time Under Control

When Someone You Love Disagrees with Your Gentle Parenting Style

Supporting Sensitive Children When They’re Sad, Disappointed, or Angry

Do Punishment and Consequences Exist in Positive Parenting? If So, How?

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