Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Helping Kids Adjust during Separation and Divorce Helping Kids Adjust during Separation and Divorce Time and again, research suggests that parental conflict is a strong predictor of how... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 6 Steps to Help Children Resolve Conflicts and Solve Problems Conflict resolution and problem solving are two of the most important skills we can teach our children. Think about it … Being able to... Continue Reading
Adoption/Post-Adoption, Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 11 Tips for Handling Your Child’s Anger “Do not teach your children never to be angry. Teach them how to be angry.” Wise words from theologian and author, Lyman Abbott... Continue Reading
Parenting Tips Are You a “Good Enough” Parent? What makes the job of being a parent so exhausting for so many of us? We love our children deeply, we cherish the connection and moments... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 5 Ways You Can Help Your Kids Feel Safe in an Unsafe World Fires, car accidents, plane crashes, earthquakes. Shootings in schools, movie theaters, and airports. War and terrorism… The list of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips From Greed to Gratitude: The 6 Things You Can Do to Raise Kids Who Feel Empowered But Not Entitled During the holidays and throughout the year, kids seem to have an insatiable appetite for stuff—the must-have toys, the most on-trend... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Five New Year’s NON-Resolutions for Parents of Young Children This year we challenge you to try something different. Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, make some New Year’s... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Experience the Magic of the Holidays without the Stress For many of us, the holidays cause frenzy and stress. We spend too much money. We schedule too many activities. We waste hours in... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers “Mine, Mine, Mine!” 7 Ways to Encourage Sharing “We have to share!” If you’ve uttered this phrase recently, you probably have a toddler. And you’ve probably been met with... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Tokens, Points, and Stickers, Oh My! Top 3 Pitfalls of Behavior Goal-Setting As the new school year approaches, many parents are dusting off their child’s sticker charts and behavior systems in hopes of... Continue Reading