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The Difference-Maker: Really Connecting with Your Child
What if you had great communication skills? Some parents do! But most don’t. When parents connect in ways that strengthen the bond with their child, kids are more open to parental guidance and wisdom. Most parents struggle with this. Learning powerful communication...
The Key to Empathy: Imagining the Unimaginable
Have you ever looked up at the night sky on a clear night to see the North Star? If you can spot the Big Dipper, follow the line from the dipper to a very bright star named Polaris. This star helped seafarers navigate for centuries. It's very, very far away - over 300...
Connect with Your Kid
Communicating well is a foundation element of effective parenting. How can you be a parent to your child without communicating? Whenever there are problems between parent and child, ineffective communication is almost always a contributing factor. And yet, when you...
Reactivity – A Parent’s No. 1 Mistake…and the Cure
I know several parents whose child is fast approaching adolescence. Even raising a sweet child can be difficult in many ways, but after puberty the challenges change. Middle school-aged children don't want to be treated like sweet little kids anymore. Far from being...
Parents: Give Yourself a Break
Caring parents who consider the advice of experts are on a journey to "get better" at raising well-adjusted adults who succeed in life and work. But it's not easy. It's not supposed to be easy. The culture is working against you - the teen culture and the larger...
The Top 10 Fundamentals of Parenting
When I was a kid there were no parenting books, unless you want to count Dr. Benjamin Spock's classic on baby and child care. Parents were guided by their instincts, sense of responsibility, judgment, and family traditions. Today, parents still rely on these, but they...
Dialogue – The Effective Alternative to Arguing
I learned to never disagree with my dad. For reasons I’ve never fully understood, the few times that I expressed a contrary point of view — when I was old enough to feel confident that I had something to say — he physically attacked me. He never hurt me, because I was...
Favorite Bloggers
Favorite Bloggers These online resources feature regularly updated helpful content for parents. Fern Weis – Fern Weis Parenting insights and resources from an experienced parent coach and mother. Chris Hudson – Understanding Teenagers Excellent...
3 Realities Over-Protective Parents Haven’t Grasped
Out of love, many parents hover over their kids to protect them from distress or harm, to make sure they feel good about themselves and to assure they are launched on a path to success when they leave home. The all-too-frequent result: young adults who lack...