The Art of Encouragement
The Dangers of Praise Part 2 Art of Encouragement In The Dangers of Praise Part 1, I explain the reasons we need to break our habit of simply saying “Good …
Appreciations: Simple Sentences to Flip the Family Dynamic from Ugly to Downright Lovely
I talk a lot about the power of appreciations. They have the ability to transform the family environment in positive ways and bring family members closer together. We all want …
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The Dangers of Praise – Part 1
As my daughter reminds me, I’ll drop F bombs any day of the week (or time of day for that matter), but the P word? No way. Anything but the …
Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Parents
Alright – let’s get REAL for a few minutes between running the kids to soccer, drama, jujitsu and LARP practice (yes I guess that’s a thing now… Live Action Role …
Sibling Rivalry: A Parent’s Role
Many parents suspect that they have something to do with all their children’s fighting, but they simply can’t figure out what that something is. If they knew, they’d avoid it …
10 Reasons To Adopt a Less is More Parenting Strategy
I am often asked by a parent who is sick and tired of lecturing, nagging, reminding, counting, time-outing, and yelling if the approach to parenting I used to raise my …
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Problems With Potty Training? Give Up.
When parents ask me, How do I get my kids to use the toilet? How do I get my kids to eat dinner? How do I get my kids to …
Control: How is it Holding you Back from Raising a Resilient Child?
If I ask 100 people about their thoughts on control, 99.5 of them will whisper “I am a control freak”, as if this is a bad thing. Personally, I embrace …
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Use a Timeline for Training to Grow a Grown-Up
Spend enough time with me and you’ll learn that training kids to manage their own lives is essential. None of us want to have our child leave our home at …
5 Ways to Preserve your Teen’s Freedom (and Your Relationship With Them)
When I work with parents of tweens and teenagers, I am reminded how very difficult is to give teens the freedom they so desperately yearn for. In the teens’ attempt …
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You’re Living with a Toddler – But You’re Growing a Grown-up
My “aha” moment as a mother came when I realized that parenting wasn’t about what happened when my kids were between the ages of birth and 18. Parenting is about …
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Top 10 Ways to Avoid Battles with your Kids
Happy Parenting doesn’t happen by magic. And it doesn’t happen by saying, “Next time, I won’t lose my temper.” It takes observation, practice and consistency. I know it’s easy to …
The Essential Mind Shift for Finding Joy in Parenting: Focus on the Relationship
Why did you choose to have children? Sometimes we forget WHY we had children in the first place. Our lives get busy, our resources get tapped, the parenting techniques passed …
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How to Establish a Healthy Relationship with Money
As adults, we talk a lot about money. We spend much of our days managing it (spending it, earning it, giving it away). We also dream about it, and yes, …
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Top 10 Parenting Complaints We Address Consistently in our Parenting Programs
I’m a mom who has raised 5 highly independent and self-sufficient kids. I’m also a parent educator of 20 years who has talked with thousands of parents about life with …
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11 Reasons Why: Kids + Wallets
This summer is a great time to encourage financial practice! Having a wallet in your pocket (with your own cash IN it) puts a swagger in your step and instills …
Introducing Multiplication Nation
I am honored to introduce to you MultiplicationNation.com. This is an online learning tool that supports kids as they learn their multiplication tables and yes, it was developed by my …
What Great Parents Do – Another Giveaway!
Once in a while, a book comes along, written so well, that you wish you had been the one to write it. Such is the case with “What Great Parents …
Book Recommendation and Giveaway
As we find ourselves in the height of the summer, I wanted to recommend a parenting book that is being released this week, The Danish Way of Parenting, What the …
Hope. Gratitude. Giving Back.
When I entered the office I was greeted as always by a polite and friendly receptionist. “Are you teaching any parenting classes” she asked. quietly. “Yes I am as a …