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Mom’s on Vacation!
344 days without yelling, 21 days of loving more to go! Dear Gorgeous Turquoise Blue Ocean, Where art thou? I should be sitting by you RIGHT NOW! Did you not see my smoke signals tonight telling you to...
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I will not yell at you, I love you.
345 days without yelling, 20 days of loving more to go! Dear Parenting Magazine, Hold the press! Don’t run that article, I lied. My son DOES listen to me. And not only does he listen to me, but he gets...
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3 Ways to Yell Less at your Kids
350 days of not yelling, 15 days of loving more to go! Dear Fred and Ted, I know P.D. Eastman wrote about you hoping you would teach children about opposites. But did you know that you taught me, a...
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Don’t yell…spell?!
352 days without yelling, 13 days of loving more to go! Dear #1, You have the most amazing timing, really. And the most adorable spelling. I have loved watching you learn to spell and write this year....
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How I “survive” bedtime.
358 days of not yelling, 7 days of loving more to go! Dear Bed Time, Oh Bed Time. Bed time, bed time, bed time. You used to be one of the hardest, longest hours of the day that I never thought I would...
View Article“This is Gonna Be a Grrrrrreat Day!”
366 days without yelling…366 days of loving more! You know those mornings where you just want to crawl back in bed, pull the covers up over your head and hide until bedtime because the kids are...
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Parental Laryngitis
370 days without yelling! Republished since I literally, can not speak. At least I know it isn’t from yelling! (First Published November 13, 2012 when I had gone 280 days without yelling and had 85...
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How I L.O.V.E. My Kids When I Want to YELL!
373 days of loving more! “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning Oh, there are so many different ways I love my boys, how can I even count them all?! I love how kind...
View ArticleThe Orange Rhino Game
376 days of loving more! Here is an oldie that I swear by. In the early days my boys loved playing “The Orange Rhino” game and it helped me many a time. Still does! Originally Published February 2,...
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Happy Days!
460 days of loving more, 30 days year two! Even though I don’t have a math degree and I am not a statistician, I can say with 100% certainty (or is it accuracy? whatever,) that the days I feel happy...
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How to “Save” the Yells
So supposedly May 1st of every year is “National Save the Rhino Day.” I did a little Googling to see if this was indeed true, and wouldn’t you know, it is! (Which is great because it is an important...
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15 Ways to Not Yell When Noise Triggers You
{sometimes} Noise Makes Me Yell at My Kids. This post I wrote last week, well, it struck a really big chord with a lot of you. It seems that I am so not the only who struggles to stay calm and quiet...
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4 Lessons From Not Yelling That Helped Me With Life in General
Today is my second son’s sixth birthday. And like every one of my past sons’ birthdays, I woke up so excited to run into his room and give him a big hug and sing happy birthday. I also woke up hoping,...
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How I Stop Myself From Yelling Unnecessarily at My Kids
I am in a funk. And I am fairly certain that I have no clue whatsoever as to why I am in said funk. And I am more than fairly certain that said funk is making it woefully difficult to not yell. Like,...
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The Orange Rhino’s Top 100 Alternatives to Yelling
So, learning to stop yelling can be, um, how shall I put it…difficult? And boring. And serious. And just all around blech. So when I started The Orange Rhino Challenge I decided that in order to help...
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How to Yell Less This Holiday Season
(c) The Orange Rhino At 12:30 today, my 12-day Christmas vacation with my entire family begins. I must admit, I am equal parts excited and equal parts nervous. Oh how excited I am to see my kids smile...
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15 Ways to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution to Stop Yelling at Your Kids
You all know that in January 2012, I promised my four boys, then ages five and under, that I would go 365 days straight without yelling. I had just been caught yelling at them by the handyman and the...
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How I L.O.V.E. My Kids When I Want to YELL!
373 days of loving more! “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning Oh, there are so many different ways I love my boys, how can I even count them all?! I love how kind...
View ArticleThe Orange Rhino Game
376 days of loving more! Here is an oldie that I swear by. In the early days my boys loved playing “The Orange Rhino” game and it helped me many a time. Still does! Originally Published February 2,...
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Happy Days!
460 days of loving more, 30 days year two! Even though I don’t have a math degree and I am not a statistician, I can say with 100% certainty (or is it accuracy? whatever,) that the days I feel happy...
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