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Truth in Parenting
Tearing your hair out over lack of sleep, daycare decisions, homework enforcement, or what to do with the toddler tantrum? Want to feel better about your own tantrum as you try and manage it all? Read my Truth in Parenting blog for evidence-based reassurance (The Art and Science of . . . ), my own True Mom Confessions, and get a sneak peek of what my book offers with Autonomy-Supportive Parenting Diaries. Not sure where to start? Try here.
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Autonomy-Supportive Parenting Strategies
Rooted in a theory about what all humans need for well-being (called Social Determination Theory and backed up by research), autonomy-supportive practices build autonomy, relatedness, and competence in our children. Further, they can be used flexibly within a framework, rather than a prescriptive, “you must do these 10 things all the time to raise an amazing child.”