Parenting & Toddler help from ProActive Parenting *Review & Giveaway*

Who came up with “Terrible Two’s”? That’s what I want to know. What it needs to be is “Terrible Three’s”. We have tried everything from time outs to taking things away like toys, sweets or television. Nothing has helped. Why? We weren’t getting to the root of the problem. I have worked outside the home pretty much all of my life, until last summer when I became a stay at home mommy. Boy, what a different life than what I am accustomed to. I love staying home with my babies, don’t get me wrong! I have been tested in the last year by my almost 4 year old. He thinks he is an adult. This is my conclusion. Better yet, I guess you can say that I let him think he is a sassy adult that can run over his parents. After reading books, magazine articles, watching Super Nanny and even contacting Super Nanny (yes, I did this), I began to search around online and this is when I found an angel; my angel of parenting.

I sought out; in tears that night from what I recall, and found a company that I truly felt could help us out, as a family, as well as for our children’s behavior now and in the future. This is when I found ProActive Parenting.

I went to their website and saw a paragraph that gave me hope. This, right here, let me realize that I am not alone with parenting difficulties and that there are people and help out there for me, and many others out there that struggle with parenting.

“ProActive Parenting is here to support parents as they lovingly teach their toddlers and preschoolers the basics. Things like how my parents handle saying no, interrupting, whining and potty mouth, running and wild behavior, self control, and listening. This type of education is not only crucial to the foundation of any child; it stops parental yelling and exhaustion and it’s what creates a well-balanced, well-behaved child who is respectful to him/her self and others. Without those basics a child’s relationship with family or with him/her self can flounder.”

I was able to immediately download MP3 files and work at my own pace with the programs. There are chapters and you can download one at a time, just the one that you need, or you can download them all. Why MP3? You can listen to them on your computer, or even do what I did – add them to your iPod so that you can listen anytime, anywhere! We have an iPod hook up in our van, so I can listen to the ProActive Parenting seminars anywhere; home, in the car, on the go – anywhere!

ProActive Parenting offers live and downloadable seminars (ARV $15.95-$34.95) on the subjects mentioned above, making it easy for you to learn the techniques on your own time.

One of my favorite things that was said to me on a seminar was:
Think of your toddler as an 8 month old! Talk to him, or her, using preschool words and tone.

I do not believe in ‘babying your kids’, but when you talk to them just as they talk, they can understand you better. Use preschool level words.

First hand experience with this one:
Anger in tone closes your toddler’s ears.

Oh, how true is this!

We are working on our time out routine as well.

Don’t yell, gently place your hands on their hips, and have them take a seat on the floor for a time out. Don’t make time outs long, otherwise they will lose focus as to why they are in time out. Time outs are not meant to be a physical punishment

How can ProActive Parenting help you? In so many ways! The courses that I have been listening to range from ‘Correcting Toddlers’ (talking about ‘No, we don’t do that; hitting, biting, throwing, etc.); this helps you talk to your toddler and correct him with things such as taking toys, hitting, throwing, etc. You will learn so much. I cannot even begin to express how many things I have learned that have and continue to help all of us out. No more yelling. No more letting our toddler run our lives. Currently, we are going through a whole ‘potty mouth’ phase. Oh, the joys that preschool can teach kids!

Our house has truly turned around. Not 100%. I would say 200%!

Do I recommend ProActive Parenting? Absolutely! Has it helped us? Absolutely!

If you are having any type of family and toddler melt downs in your home, I highly recommend ProActive Parenting. What I found was that when I listened to a seminar the second time, I learned even more than the first go around.

I am offering you, my readers, to open this document, print it off, read it and learn. You will truly learn so much just from this one sheet!

End of the Day Whining: Two Tips to Help

Are you in need of some ProActive Parenting help? Look no further than here, as well as ProActive Parenting!

I am giving away a download of the entire series: The Every Day Solution Series (set of 10; valued at $149.95) for one reader!

This is truly a review and giveaway that you don’t want to miss!

What you win

• A download of the entire series: The Every Day Solution Series (set of 10; valued at $149.95)

How to enter

• Go to www.proactiveparenting.net
• Come back here and post to me a seminar you see on their page that you feel would really help you!
• If you are able to, please let me know about your toddler issues and how ProActive Parenting can help you. I would love to read that I am not alone with behavior issues. Let’s all help each other out!

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• ONE (1) winner will receive A download of the entire series: The Every Day Solution Series (set of 10; valued at $149.95)
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• Contest ends on June 22, 2009 at 11:59 pm Central Time