Full episode for Bed Time For BonzoPrepare a special place, just for them "Sleeping is not a social event" explains Ted in the first sentence of this chapter. I believe this to be right on point, but sometimes misunderstood, especially by toddlers. This time of the day is different than

Full episode of "Perfecting the magic act of dinner"Understand Their Palate I can remember making my parents mad when they worked sometimes hours to prepare a meal, and I would not touch it. I was too interested in cereal, bread, pasta, and other sugary/carb heavy foods. If you

Full Episode "Ring Your Dinner Bell"The Family Dinner Ted spends Chapter 7 talking about dinner time and how to get your kids ready for it. There is an important distinction we see here in this chapter compared to breakfast time, which we covered some time ago (before the blog

Assign a chore to everyone Reading this section of Ted's book made me kind of wince at first. The last thing I want to do after a long day at work, and then picking up kids, is to come home to MORE work. It started to make sense when Ted

"Look Out I'm Parenting Here! The Pick-Up" Full VideoReview on the ride home Ted alluded to the fact that the points he outlined that were important in the drop off would make their way back in the pick up. This point that Ted makes here is no different. We stated

"Look Out I'm Parenting Here! The Pick-Up" Full VideoGive them time to say good-bye "If you have to pick up milk or bread on the way home from work, I would call that a grab and go thing" says Ted in the first lines of this section. There is going

Full episode: Look Out I'm Parenting Here! (Part Two): The Pick-UpAccent the positives, avoid the negatives "Inevitably there will be times when things do not go as well as you may have wanted at daycare" writes Ted. Think about it like this, do things ever go 100% well at home?

Full episode: Look Out I'm Parenting Here! (Part Two): The Pick-UpTake immediate interest in their accomplishments In the drop off, we discussed how it can be very easy to check out and go into "checklist" mode after you leave the house. An enormous amount of time and energy just went

"What's up?" not "I missed you so badly" Full Episode: Look Out I'm Parenting Here! (Part Two): The Pick-UpThe day has gone splendid for you! Not only did you drop your child off at day care without any issues, but you got all the items on your to do list

Watch the full episode of, "See You Later Alligator"Be consistent, short, and sweet "Now the moment of truth has come. You have to turn around and walk out the door, leaving them behind." says Ted in the beginning lines of this section. This is where all that built up

Full Episode of Out The Door: Parts 1-4Make It Fun What is something you absolutely hate doing? I can honestly say, for me, it's cleaning. Never liked it, don't really enjoy it, and I would always put it off for another time. Over the last couple years though, something changed

Snippet from "Look Out I'm Parenting Here!"Be A Director Ever try doing everything yourself? Its one thing when you are alone and you have to do it, but what about when there are others around you and you are the only one working. That is a one way ticket