How Fear-Based Parenting Fails Your Children
What is Fear-Based Parenting? Worries and anxieties about your child and their future all stem...
Read MoreWhat is Fear-Based Parenting? Worries and anxieties about your child and their future all stem...
Read MoreIs all this drama going to serve our children?
Read MoreAs kids get older and mature with a dysregulated set of behaviors and emotions, home life can get miserable. Equally important, the child’s life is on a trajectory of misery and struggle, and no one wants that for their child. Thus, we must think about what genuinely changes an out-of-control child and that brain that is causing such misery at home…
Read MoreLet’s consider giving and gratitude. The very act of giving, when offered without hope for reward or return, brings fascinating benefit. Even when feeling some ‘lack’ in our lives, these moments of giving yield a reward of immense gratitude, instantly and automatically. It just flows into us with overwhelming feelings of warmth and appreciation.
Read MoreWe want our children to be strong, resilient, and eager to tackle the challenges ahead. So, let us discuss how to get there.
Read MoreLife is often challenging. Few argue with that conclusion. And what is needed in those challenging moments is not a wimpy attitude and more whining. Despite this, many of us are raising our children to be wimps. They tend to lean away from challenges, from struggles, and effort. This rarely works out well.
Read MorePattern recognition is exactly what it implies: Noticing patterns of behavior or emotion, and the behavioral or emotional consequences that are paired with those choices. Thus, it is essential to include both child and adult behaviors and emotions in any behavioral issue.
Read MoreMany of us have been (falsely) taught that children need a stronger voice in making decisions in their life. We hear the battle cry: “Give kids more choice.” And so we listen and turn to our children to offer them more choice.
Read MoreThe Holiday Season is here, and our thoughts turn to family, friends, and community. With COVID in our lives, no doubt those thoughts have been modified to some degree. And yet, we have shopped bargains in record-breaking numbers this year…
Read MorePart 3 of Terrific Parenting Formula: 3 additional steps…
Read MorePart 2 of Terrific Parenting Formula: a starting point for many common behavioral struggles. Consider these suggestions if your kids…
Read MoreWhy do we usually fail when we try to change? If we want to change, where do we start?
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