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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Apr 26, 2022
- 5 min
Make-Up Brushes, Sensory Play & Everyday Regulation Practices
In her book Connections Over Compliance Lori Desautels (2021) writes of draining off a child’s stress with adult calm. While there is...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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...
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Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta
- Mar 14, 2022
- 5 min