Deep down you know that when you act better as a mom, your child behaves better too.  Despite your knowledge and awareness of this, you may still be trying to change your child’s misbehavior by over-using time-out, yelling out of frustration, or taking away privileges or just the opposite - allowing your child to misbehave and run the show!
The most effective discipline for the young child has to do with the self-education of the adults around the child. (Beyond the Rainbow Bridge, p 108)
In the Kingdom of Childhood, Rudolf Steiner …

We all have to pick our issues as parents. We are bombarded by the media and the next big fad on the market that will make Disney or Mattel billions of dollars. I know it will be a challenge for me, especially now that my firstborn is going off to the big world of kindergarten, but I’m sticking to my convictions of no bikinis, no boyfriends, no Bratz dolls. So far, none of this has been an issue.
I. is surprisingly compliant when it comes to wearing …