Here are 26 parenting tips from best-selling author and mother of 2, Rebecca Eanes. Positive parenting advice, tips and guidelines from A to Z!

April showers may indeed bring May flowers, but they can also bring boredom to the kids staring out the windows longing to be outdoors. The next time your picnic or trip to the park gets rained out and your little one bouncing off the walls, try one of these rainy day activities!

Sunshine and rain showers, butterflies and rainbows, April is here, and we’re ready for 30 more fun play ideas!

Dear Mom Who Is Too Hard On Yourself. Motherhood isn’t just about raising children. Motherhood is where you, yourself, are raised up to your highest potential, if you’re open to it; if you listen.

It’s that time of year again! Time when many people declutter, dust, spruce up, and renew their physical spaces, known as spring cleaning. It’s also a good practice to take this time to spring clean your parenting.

My firstborn son has entered tweenhood. These are new waters for me, and that’s really what parenting is – growing, adapting, and learning new steps in this life-long dance. Here’s what I’ve worked out so far about being a positive parent to a tween.

Most people talk about positive parenting in terms of gentle, respectful discipline, so you’re probably not thinking of that just yet. While that is a part of the philosophy, positive parenting begins on day one because it’s about the relationship you intentionally develop with your child. Honestly, discipline will come easier when your baby becomes a toddler if you build a great relationship and learn the basics of positive parenting now.

I don’t punish my children. Some people hear that and automatically assume it means that I don’t discipline my children, and this is completely not true. Those people assume that by not punishing, I let my children by with misbehavior, and this is also false. I’m actually fairly strict on behavior, so how do I discipline?

Infants communicate with crying, sounds, and nonverbal cues such as smiles and grimaces, movements such as kicking their legs, and gestures like pointing, nodding, and shaking their heads. Babies also communicate with squeals, laughter, and babble! Here are some tips to encourage communication with your baby!

Have you forgotten how to play amid adult responsibilities and duties? Play lowers our stress and connects us with our children on a deeper level. We simply must take the time to do it! Here are 31 fresh play ideas for the month of March.

Sensitive children tend to be very self-critical, so parental criticism is an especially hard blow, though truthfully criticism isn’t good for any child and is one of four behaviors parents should avoid.

It is the age of being superficially known by hundreds and deeply known by no one, or by very few. We are virtually connected for much of the day, but our heart-to-heart connections are suffering - yet being known and accepted as we are, not as what we portray on social media, being seen and loved and valued at home, not seen and liked and noticed online, being connected to real people – these are what sustain us.

So, you’re tired of the disconnection and power struggles that traditional parenting techniques bring and you’re ready to give positive parenting an honest go, like this mother did. But you’re not sure where to start. If you’re a newbie to positive parenting, these tips should help ease the transition.

With every correction, I am giving my child a message about who he is. The messages they get from us, particularly during correction, during the times we are not happy with their behavior or choices, influence their identities.

Continuing our series of play ideas for each day of the month, here are 29 more ways to play in February!

I recently surveyed a group of over 7,000 parents and asked which of their children's behaviors grated on their nerves the most. In this 5-part series, I will discuss these 5 troublesome behaviors individually and offer positive parenting tips to manage them. I will begin at number 5 and work my way up to the behavior most parents deem the worst.

Valentine’s Day is near! Make this year one your kids will never forget with these fun family games.

On Valentine's Day, there isn't much better then spending the day with the ones you love! Except for maybe also sharing a delicious, heart shaped treat too! Here are 25 Easy, Tasty Valentine’s Day Treats!

All stories begin at home, and for us parents, we have an incredible opportunity because each and every day, we are writing the beginning of our children’s stories. Without putting thought into the family culture we want to create, we will fall into a default culture created haphazardly over time.

All three faces on his behavior chart were flipped to the sad face side. Again. That meant he had to go to time-out. Again. It didn’t take much to get a card flipped on the chart, which I thought was a simple and brilliant concept.

World-renowned relationship researcher and co-founder of The Gottman Institute, Dr. John Gottman, has conducted 40 years of research with thousands of people. From his research has emerged a practice that is important to the emotional connection between two people – the act of “turning toward” your loved one when a bid is made. What is a bid?