Articles by Lisa Vratny-Smith
Mom of two big brained and big hearted boys, school social worker, yoga instructor, behavior coach/consultant, blogger, Editor of MHM Mama Drama, freelance writer, and I'm sure there are a few more I'm missing. :) If you need more intensive behavior support for your family, contact me at solutions@behavior-support.com
Dear Mama Drama:
My eight-year-old son has recently become very rude and disrespectful. Every time I ask him to do something he argues with me. When I try to help him with something he becomes surly …
Dear Mama Drama:
My 5 year old son seems to be very sensitive. He cries at nearly everything; if we say no, if things don’t turn out how he hoped, if he doesn’t win a game. …
My husband and I have been practicing the family bed with our son who is now eighteen months olds. We all sleep in the same bed, with him either in the middle or on the outside of me with a portable bed-rail next to him. He also sleeps in our bed during his naps. As he is getting bigger we think he is ready to begin sleeping in his own bed in his room.
My three year old was doing great with potty training until we visited the museum and an automatic toilet flushed unexpectedly. He now screams and cries when we take him into any public bathroom. How …
Dear Mama Drama:
My question is about potty-training. We would like to start our daughter, who will be 3 next month, in a 3-yr-old preschool program that requires she be potty-trained. She was doing really well, …
Dear Mama Drama:
My daughter just started preschool and cries and clings to me every time I take her. This is her first experience away from me. What can I do to help her adjust?
~Struggling to …
Dear Mama Drama:
My 3 1/2-year-old son recently had an episode of night terrors. His older sister went through her share of them but nothing of this magnitude. About 90 minutes after he went to …
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