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Have you ever wondered when your crying baby will rest peacefully? Tried every game and disciplinary action in the book to get your child to eat peas?

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Make Room for Silence in your Life

Just a few minutes a day of silent breathing, prayer, yoga or meditation can help you feel less distracted, more centered, and more in touch with your feelings.

When you're aware of your feelings of love for your children, they will be, too.

Peggy Northrop, Take a Moment to Catch Your Breath, 2001 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.

Is it safe to say that all of us as parents at one point or another have asked our children to apologize? Apologies are transparent when you think about it. The ‘I just want to get out of trouble and get this over with’ apologies are really obvious. With these types of apologies there is li
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Learn from your child what works best for him to calm himself.

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Experiment with different ways to restore calm. Try deep breaths or counting backwards from 10. Perhaps a hug calms your child, or maybe she prefers some time alone.