I'm losing it with my four year old! Sarah asks: "He is having a very long spree of very...
Tag Archive for: power struggles
3.5 year old struggling with toilet training
Genevieve Simperingham, , Q & A, power struggles, toilet learning, 2Bronwyn asks: Genevieve, I'm at my wits end. My 3.5 year old has decided to just keep wetting her pants. ...
Peacefully parenting your strong willed child
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, power struggles, sensitive child, spirited, strong willed child, 12Peacefully Parenting your Strong Willed Child Some parents believe that peaceful parenting doesn't work with their strong-willed child. That...
The consequence of imposing consequences
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, consequence, consequences, enforced consequences, moving away from consequences, power struggles, 5First published in The Natural Parent Magazine (New Zealand and Australia) "Power based on love is a thousand times...
Setting limits can bring healing tears and tantrums
Genevieve Simperingham, , Healthy Boundaries, chores, crying, grumpy child, healing, power struggles, requests, tantrums, 4Setting limits can bring healing tears and tantrums It’s important to express the limits that prevent aggressive or destructive...
Dissipating power struggles with your child
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, active listening, power struggles, 1Parenting can be a lot less stressful when we start to see every power struggle or show of defiance...
When teenagers refuse to do chores
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, chores, not listening, power struggles, problem solving, requests, teenagers, teens, 18A mother asks: "My fourteen year old son is refusing to do chores. For 14 years, there were no...
Grumpy children need our sweetness and nothing else will do
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, allowing feelings, chores, conflict with your child, not listening, parental anger, parental frustration, power struggles, requests, 9When children are upset and unsettled, they need empathy and connection before solutions or suggestions. They need to get...
When the meal table becomes a battleground
Genevieve Simperingham, , PP Strategies & Tools, allergies, conflict with your child, eating, eating disorder, food, food mood, healing through play, mealtimes, picky eater, power struggles, refusing to eat, therapeutic play, veggies, 1Supporting your child to develop a healthy relationship with their food From the first day a child is born,...
5 FREE videos to learn the best strategies to decrease defiance & increase cooperation. While making punishments redundant!

Join over 90,000 followers on Facebook
Do you wish you had an easy chart with the best solutions to common unwanted behaviours?
That’s exactly what we’ve developed! Download our FREE behaviour chart when you sign up to receive our sanity-saving PP Tips & Inspiration!