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Tips for Teaching Your Child Anything
Simply telling your child what you want them to do and walking away is not an effective teaching strategy. You can’t “talk” your child into learning a new skill. The […]
Raising Empathetic Kids
Everyone has two types of friends. One friend will listen to your issues, but is just there for you to vent. The other is a friend who is able to […]
Continue Teaching Despite Their Failures
I recently attended a conference where speaker Tara Leigh Cobble told a beautiful story about how God is never disappointed in us (especially as our father). After all, disappointment can […]
Teaching Kids to Communicate Effectively
Do you have difficulty engaging in healthy conversations with your coworkers, friends, and family? John and Julie Gottman are married PhDs who have dedicated their lives to researching the commonalities […]
Teaching Your Children Boundaries
Hailey Magee coined the thought-provoking phrase, “Imagine how different the world would be if little girls were taught to set boundaries as often as they were taught to be polite.” […]
Helping Your Child Handle “Big Emotions”
How can I help my child and myself handle big emotions? The clinical term for “big emotions” is emotional dysregulation, which is the inability to control or regulate emotional responses.The […]
Appreciating the Differences
One of the reasons I am so passionate about my job is that I want to help other parents not make all the mistakes I made. Unfortunately, one of my […]
Control What You Can
My husband and I recently watched Summer Rental, a 1985 movie about a family on vacation. We noticed a stark difference between the behavior of the children in this older […]
When Efforts to Help Your Child May Actually Hurt
Has your child ever approached you for comfort, but your efforts to calm escalated the distress? When this occurs, you are probably displaying a near enemy of what you actually […]
Emotionally Healthy Parents Do These Things
One of the greatest tragedies in our society is that we do not require more education for marriage or parenting. Two of the hardest jobs anyone will ever have are […]