Portable Parenting - A Giveaway!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
As parents we must be consistent when disciplining our children. It can be difficult though, especially when we are out and about.
A mother of two boys created the Portable Parenting System to help aid in discipline. The Time-Out Mat is a durable rubber mat that can be placed any where you are, without the need for a large stool, or cumbersome blanket. While I do not use time-outs as a consequence for bad behavior, this mat has been helpful for the many parents who seeks to enforce this method of discipline, especially since it can be so easily packed for those trips away from home, whether it be to the store, the pool, or even vacation.
Portable Parenting also offers a unique way to reward good behavior, with their Star Stash Reward System. These special stars can be earned any number of ways, including completing chores without being asked, helping their siblings, and unusually good behavior. The idea is that then these stars can be traded for a specific treat. Good behavior doesn't only happen at home, so this portable system makes it easy to reward your kiddos wherever you are.
You can enter to win the entire Portable Parenting system!
Here's what you have to do to enter:
Check out the system at PortableParenting. com, and come back and leave a comment here, by midnight April 28th, telling me why you would like to try this system. A winner will be chosen, at random, notified, and announced here on Tuesday, April 29th. (Please make sure you leave me an email address or blog address, otherwise your entry will be deleted!)
And, if you would like an extra entry, you can spread the word by linking to this giveaway and to Portable Parenting. Make sure you sign the Mr. Linky (only if you decide to help spread the word) with the exact link to your post to receive the second entry.
Good luck!
This giveaway is now closed!
Congratulations to ihchicky who said…"I would like to try this system because I know for a fact that rewards definitly encourage good behavior. I try to use stickers but it isn't all that effective once I stick them onto the paper we have on the fridge. I'd like to try this out instead."
April 21, 2008 7:42 AM
I think this is a great idea to keep consistent!
taradawnrobertson at hotmail dot com
April 21, 2008 8:21 AM
This system would be such a blessing to our family. Because my husband works a lot, I do most of the disciplining and it is hard. Sometimes the punishment is not equal to the bad behavior. Other times the method I use does not work at all. Plus the reward system sounds fun and easy. It also seems as if it would work for all ages and that is really good. I have four kids; ages 5,8,9, and 14. It would be great to have some type of system to work with because I am all out of ideas.
April 21, 2008 8:23 AM
Sorry,I forgot to leave my email
bacon74 at 1stopmom dot com
April 21, 2008 9:09 AM
I would love to win this! With 3 kids it's not always easy to keep a handle on things and this system would certainly help. Thanks for the chance to win this.
ann dot guns at mac dot com
April 21, 2008 10:52 AM
i would like to try this because nothing has worked with disciplining my children. so hopefully this one will work
bwalleshauser AT yahoo DOT com
April 21, 2008 12:43 PM
I'd love to try this system out, lately we need to try new things, because the old things aren't working anymore. I like the fact that its portable too, which means taking it to grandma's house wouldn't be a problem.
April 21, 2008 12:46 PM
I have 2-year-old twins. I think that's reason enough to need as much help as I can get with out-and-about discipline!
April 21, 2008 12:57 PM
My parents used timeouts, and the 'collect a reward' style of parenting with me. I think this set will be a nice way to freshen it up.
April 21, 2008 1:12 PM
I like the thought of having something more concrete with me to enforce good and bad behaviour. Great giveaway! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
April 21, 2008 2:04 PM
Sometimes they think the naughty corner as a joke. I'd love to try this out and see how it works.
April 21, 2008 2:11 PM
Because we are really working hard to enforce the time outs but once we leave the house, my son NEVER will sit anywhere else since its not his real time out spot.
April 21, 2008 2:11 PM
Great for when your out, or traveling. I use the naughty spot...
April 21, 2008 2:22 PM
teach special ed could be good
April 21, 2008 2:31 PM
I love the idea of being consistent with parenting-no matter where you are...a problem I haven't been able to solve until I saw these time out mats! Great idea! Love their parenting package steps, too.
claireroach81(at)hotmail(dot)com
April 21, 2008 2:43 PM
Its a great way to stay calm and collected.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Enter me please.
palmersf(at)bellsouth(dot)net
April 21, 2008 3:04 PM
I'd love to try this because it helps parents be consistent!
April 21, 2008 3:05 PM
Great idea
Thanks
auntnetto6@yahoo.com
April 21, 2008 3:43 PM
We've been needing a timeout mat! Thank you!!!
April 21, 2008 4:03 PM
What a great idea. We always seem to be out an about with my boys getting into mischief... what great tools.
April 21, 2008 4:08 PM
What a great giveaway!! :)
I'd love this because we are just starting the time-out and rewards thing with my daughter. This would help out alot.
lesie_512@hotmail.com
April 21, 2008 4:59 PM
Being consistent is KEY, and this awesome product makes it possible!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
April 21, 2008 8:06 PM
That's great!
April 21, 2008 8:43 PM
at time i think we all need atime out lol this is nice i like to win this it just so neet.
April 21, 2008 9:58 PM
I would love to try this system because it is endorsed by the super nanny. Great giveaway, thanks! hellomary018 at yahoo dot com
April 22, 2008 6:24 AM
It is a great giveaway. I am not sure it would work for my kids but I think I would be willing to give it a try. I love the whole concept but I would love to see it in action...you know seeing a MOM out using it!!!
April 22, 2008 11:41 AM
I would love to try this for potty training. That way I can reward my daughter even when we are out of the house. I can just see her with her own little purse to carry these around with at home or out
April 22, 2008 12:19 PM
We haven't done too much time outs yet, but this would be nice to be able to make things consistent when we are not at home.
April 22, 2008 1:01 PM
I would love to try this after hearing about it on Super Nanny. I think It would work wonderfully for my son. Thanks for the chance!
April 22, 2008 2:28 PM
We've been working with my son on time out and I'd love to have something portable to take with us to grandma and so forth. Such a great idea!
April 22, 2008 3:12 PM
I love positive reinforcement! And having a portable place for time-out! Great idea
April 22, 2008 4:10 PM
I really like the Time Out Mat... this would be great at my in-laws. This way I don't have to worry about where to put my child when she acts up. I'm interested in the Stars... I would have to figure out a way to work that in to our parenting.
Thanks,
Marissa :)
md-sweeps (at) hotmail (d0t) com
April 22, 2008 5:09 PM
my charming two year old granddaughter sometimes takes her charm to a level of no-no's and likes to test the waters! she has timeouts already but i love the idea of this consistent portable system that will work anywhere!
April 22, 2008 5:14 PM
this would be great for my two year old granddaughter so we can be consistent wherever we are
philipps.c@hotmail.com
April 22, 2008 7:08 PM
Looks like a great system! WIth 2 boys almost 4 and 2 consistency is so important!
April 22, 2008 8:26 PM
We are in the terrible 3's and we do SOOOO many time outs each day. I had to put him in a random corner in the Japanese Habachi Grill restaurant and then I had to kind of stand guard. I would much rather have a true SYSTEM like this!
It looks awesome. I'm especially excited about the star rewards.
April 22, 2008 8:30 PM
sounds like a good thing to me
whitty4jen@yahoo.com
April 22, 2008 8:55 PM
Great idea! Love love love. Hope I win! You have an adorable template btw.
April 22, 2008 8:56 PM
My two kids have been a handful and it hasn't even hit summer vacation yet. Nothing seems to work to get my kids behaving. This would be great if I could win this and hoping it ends some of my headaches.
samsakara@twcny.rr.com
April 23, 2008 7:10 AM
I would like to try this because a lot of my consequences for bad behavior are not motivating enough anymore.
April 23, 2008 8:04 AM
I would like to be able to use this while at out of town relatives houses. Also, I am working on the reward system described with my son, and the stars would be great to use for that. Thanks!
April 23, 2008 8:24 AM
This looks wonderful. I would love it to try with my oldest. We are always looking for new ways to help him to understand discipline and be consistent. Thanks for the great giveaway!
April 23, 2008 10:58 AM
I would like to try this system because I know for a fact that rewards definitly encourage good behavior. I try to use stickers but it isn't all that effective once I stick them onto the paper we have on the fridge. I'd like to try this out instead.
April 23, 2008 11:04 AM
what a neat idea! I would like to try this especially for the reward system...my daughter is easily distracted, a wanderer and doesn't stand still in one place, this might be something to help!
April 23, 2008 12:46 PM
What a great idea! I would love to win this because it would be easy for my 2 1/2 year old to understand.
April 23, 2008 1:38 PM
The reward system is very cool. I love that it reinforce good behavior and teach responsibility with rewards.
April 23, 2008 1:53 PM
I'd love to try this with my three year old, she's going through such a stubborn stage right now.
April 23, 2008 2:11 PM
My toddler has really been testing us lately. It's been driving me bonkers and I'll try anything. The Star Stash system sounds like a fun way to get her to behave.
April 23, 2008 9:04 PM
We definitely need the timeout mat. Our two year old is pushing her limits sometimes and my husband and I are trying to figure out how to discipline better.
April 24, 2008 6:26 AM
I'd like to try this because my son doesn't like to sit on the stairs and everything else he is touching something or whatever. I like the little reward system too. Cool contest.
April 24, 2008 10:36 AM
Great giveaway! I think this would help with being consistent. It would also help dodge those wonderful power struggles that I usually end up loosing when we are out in public!
April 24, 2008 12:48 PM
My middle son is just starting to understand timeout. This would be awesome for when we go places, like grandmas where there not a designated time out area!
April 24, 2008 2:00 PM
I'd like to win this for my friend who just had another baby. This system might be good for her to use w/ her older son.
April 24, 2008 6:00 PM
the reward system looks like something i totally need to help reinforce good behavior with my 5 year old
April 24, 2008 6:58 PM
We are just starting to discipline our son, I think having something we could use consistently, even while out, would be fantastic!
April 24, 2008 7:51 PM
I think this system is good because it creates an easier way to be consistent. Thank you so much for the great giveaway, I would love to be the winner! Nw_wife(at)hotmail(dot)com
April 24, 2008 8:19 PM
I would like to try this, because it is difficult for me to discipline in public, I feel like everyone is looking at me and judging me. With this system I would be more confident because I would look like I was in control and professional.
April 24, 2008 8:20 PM
how awesome! thank you!
i so need help creating a system in our home this looks neat!
April 24, 2008 8:31 PM
My second child is 5 weeks old. I'd love to get a good consistant plan going to benefit both her and my three year old.
April 24, 2008 10:31 PM
My little boy Eli has just hit his terrific two's. (smile) He is testing everything he can! His favorite word is "no". It's been hard to give him time outs because the places I give him the time out become a "negative place", for other times. Example: I used to give him a time out in his room on his bed. Now he won't play in his room because it's associated with the "time out" place.
I would love to try out the Portable Parenting Package. Seems like it can be a good thing! Love the idea of consistancy and also the disciple aspect would be placed on the mat and not something or some where in the house!!!
April 25, 2008 6:44 PM
This would work great for my preschoolers (I teach 3s and 4s)! What a neat giveaway!
April 27, 2008 11:48 AM
My son is getting ready for this, even though he's only 15 months old... It'd be great to use at home too I believe.
I have posted this contest on my blog as well, I'm KristiniaLeAnna on the Mr. Linky above!
kristinialeanna@yahoo.com
April 27, 2008 12:43 PM
I would love to own this and it sounds like a really nice reward system too! I'm all linked up above too! :)
purposedrivenlife4youATgmailDOTcom
April 27, 2008 1:04 PM
These are awesome colors
April 27, 2008 1:21 PM
We could so use this with our toddler. It would be much easier to be consistent when out and about.
April 27, 2008 3:07 PM
This is great for a visual consistent reminder of discipline!
April 27, 2008 9:37 PM
My baby is only 8 months, so we haven't started anything like this. But it would be nice to have on hand from the start so we can we as consistent as we can.
jenniferhuff[at]gmail[dot]com
April 28, 2008 9:25 AM
Hey, what a great idea! I have 3 kids, and my middle one is the head strong one. We find time outs are most effective with her, and having this be portable is great for when we're at grandmas, or visiting friends. Great idea! :)
April 28, 2008 11:13 AM
I would love to have this system. My daughter is 2 and definitely going through the "terrible" stage. We are having a hard time being consistent with discipling her because we are not always somewhere that a time out works well and because she has decided that timeout really isn't that bad of a deal. She has said to me before, "I'll just go sit on the stairs," which is her time out spot. Hopefully this system would give us the consistency we are looking for and the ability to seriously distinguish between positive reinforcement and time outs!
April 28, 2008 12:31 PM
This system looks really neat. My husband and I are woorking really hard to be "on the same page" when it comes to correcting bad behavior. I think this could actually work and the best part is that I could even send it to the babysitters, so we can ALL be "on the same page". Hope I win! Thanks for the contest!
charitys_pat@yahoo.com
April 28, 2008 5:31 PM
PLEASE ENTER ME :)