The Parent Playbook

She felt it coming and got her own feelings sheet, no prompt. Two years Ive braced every morning for the scream. I cried into the dish towel..

For about a year my whole personality between four and six pm was just handing over the tablet and hating myself about it. I called it the witching hour but honestly the witch was me. A mom from my daughters swim class kept bringing up these printables in our…

Traded the worst hour of our day for a page and honestly? Nobody's asked for the tablet since.

On my second set now and our mornings are unrecognizable, in the best way. Pip does the calming first so shes copying a bunny instead of me nagging, which never worked anyway. Highly recommend, the animal helpers earn their keep.

We do a page together in the afternoon now instead of me reaching for the tablet, and shes calmer and prouder of herself for it. You can tell the people behind Mindwoods actually understand little kids and put real care into this. Theyve earned a customer for…

Ive been printing sets of these for my little homeschool group all spring and honestly Im just so grateful for them. The kids are more confident, more organized, and theyre actually excited to sit down and do the pages, which never used to happen. We started…

Second set weve printed now. My son handles his big feelings so much better and our mornings are finally calm. Wish Id found it sooner.

Such a positive change in our afternoons. Instead of reaching for the iPad we do a page together now, and shes calmer and honestly so am I. The activities have been a wonderful addition to our routine and I recommend them to every mom I know.

Tracked it for a month. 5 blowups a day down to one, usually the bedtime one. Practicing on the calm days did what nothing else we tried ever could.

Reached for the tablet like always and he waved me off to do his chore chart instead, stickering it like its a sport. Didnt see that coming.. were clean out of gold stars now.

Twelve years teaching and the feelings anchor chart is the first thing thats ever landed with my whole mixed group, SPED kids included. Teared up at the reading carpet this morning, not even ashamed.

Four to six pm used to belong to the tablet, my little co-parent. Now we do the telling-time pages and a chore chart in that window instead and the afternoon doesnt fall apart. Im not pretending I turned into some serene earth mom, I still hide in the pantry…