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Jan 11
4 min

I Have a PhD in Education, but I'm Failing My Kids' Kindergarten Class

Originally published on Popsugar, here. This morning, I try to get my twins to draw their favorite animal, an assignment we were supposed...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

May 21, 2020
2 min

I'm Grieving Preschool Graduation

The email brought me to my knees simply read: I’d like to organize a zoom graduation. My eyes filled. My heart clutched. At first I quiet...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Apr 30, 2020
3 min

Screens During The Pandemic

Mama, she whispered. Mama, I want to facetime gramma. Mama, can I put your password in? I was asleep, and my little one nudged the side o...

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Big Feelings, The Positive Parenthood Way

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 10, 2020
4 min

Big Feelings, The Positive Parenthood Way

We are visiting my in-laws in Mexico. There are many different cups for my children to drink juice and water from, but there are two that...

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When It Doesn't Feel Like You're Parenting Together

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 4, 2020
5 min

When It Doesn't Feel Like You're Parenting Together

Let's be real- sometimes the hardest part of parenting is your co-parent. When you're working with the Positive Parenthood approach, it c...

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Why How We Were Parented Matters For Our Children

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 4, 2020
3 min

Why How We Were Parented Matters For Our Children

My parents used to put me in time-out in a wooden chair backed up to the kitchen wall, with a watch to use as a timer. I have vowed again...

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I Said Yes To Everything My Kids Asked For For 24 Hours, And We Had Zero Meltdowns (mine or theirs)

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
4 min

I Said Yes To Everything My Kids Asked For For 24 Hours, And We Had Zero Meltdowns (mine or theirs)

I said nothing but YES to my children for 24 hours. Though others warned me this would spoil them and cautioned me they’d want to go stra...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
3 min

Mama said, mama said....

You know song by The Shirelles that kicks off with "mama said, mama said"? I've finally found my Buddha phrase. Two years into taking the...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
5 min

Underneath That Anger

This afternoon, I watched my five year old niece swing her two braided pigtails behind her and furrow her eyebrows so that they nearly to...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
6 min

Lost Keys, Big Stress & Co-Regulation

I am going to tell you a little story, and it is going to help you understand why co-regulation is at the heart of Positive Parenthood, a...

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Five Ways To Become The Calm, Patient, Present Parent You Were Meant To Be

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
3 min

Five Ways To Become The Calm, Patient, Present Parent You Were Meant To Be

Look, parenting is hard. Sometimes we experience a gap between how we want to parent and our actual lived experience of parenting. It hap...

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For The Sleepless Mama of The Toddler Who Never Sleeps

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
5 min

For The Sleepless Mama of The Toddler Who Never Sleeps

This is our response for a very sleepless mama, who writes... My almost-2 year old used to sleep through the night. For over a year now, ...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
2 min

Priming for Preschool Drop Off

It went down like this: one twin was pretty into it and excited until we walked through the door and I made motions to leave; the other tw...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
4 min

Three Principles for Rules That Work

At Positive Parenthood, we have eight principles for creating Rules That Work. We are going to share the first three here, and applying t...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
3 min

Rules That Don't Work: A True Story

Here’s how it went down: My almost three year old twins were wreaking havoc. I could not understand why they were not tired from a long ...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
2 min

Channel Your Inner Camp Counselor

You know what summer camps really got right? Melodic intonation. At summer camp, everyone sings. There are breakfast songs and lunch song...

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On Getting Connected... To Each Other And With Screens

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
3 min

On Getting Connected... To Each Other And With Screens

Lots of research suggests that if possible, parents should keep little eyes away from screens. At the very least, most studies show that ...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
2 min

Sing Your Way Back

📷Before I had children, I imagined our Sunday mornings would be like this: sunshine streaming through the windows, we’d be flipping panc...

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Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
2 min

When You're Upset... Stop Talking.

I'd barely slept the night before, because the baby was up and down, up and down, up and down. And I had a big work project on the horizo...

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Why You've Got To Be Calm When Your Kid is Losing It

Dr. Chelsey Hauge

Jan 3, 2020
3 min

Why You've Got To Be Calm When Your Kid is Losing It

We all know how hard it is to stay calm when your child is having a tantrum because soccer practice is over (or in the grocery checkout l...

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POSITIVE PARENTHOOD

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I Have a PhD in Education, but I'm Failing My Kids' Kindergarten Class

I'm Grieving Preschool Graduation

Screens During The Pandemic

Big Feelings, The Positive Parenthood Way

When It Doesn't Feel Like You're Parenting Together

Why How We Were Parented Matters For Our Children

I Said Yes To Everything My Kids Asked For For 24 Hours, And We Had Zero Meltdowns (mine or theirs)

Mama said, mama said....

Underneath That Anger

Lost Keys, Big Stress & Co-Regulation

Five Ways To Become The Calm, Patient, Present Parent You Were Meant To Be

For The Sleepless Mama of The Toddler Who Never Sleeps

Priming for Preschool Drop Off

Three Principles for Rules That Work

Rules That Don't Work: A True Story

Channel Your Inner Camp Counselor

On Getting Connected... To Each Other And With Screens

Sing Your Way Back

When You're Upset... Stop Talking.

Why You've Got To Be Calm When Your Kid is Losing It