Parenting Tips

When Kids Lie - 3 Ways To Parent Respectfully

When Kids Lie - 3 Ways To Parent Respectfully

Today, I share three ways you can respond with respect when your child lies, and teach a new way of behaving. As a child develops, they are the same person,...

When Kids Lie - 3 Ways To Parent Respectfully

Today, I share three ways you can respond with respect when your child lies, and teach a new way of behaving. As a child develops, they are the same person,...

Did You Wash Your Hands? How We Make Kids Lie

Did You Wash Your Hands? How We Make Kids Lie

Kids lie. It usually starts around 4 or 5 years old. As frustrating as it is, most of the time kids lie to make everything seem better than it is....

Did You Wash Your Hands? How We Make Kids Lie

Kids lie. It usually starts around 4 or 5 years old. As frustrating as it is, most of the time kids lie to make everything seem better than it is....

Turn A Win-Lose Power-Struggle into a Win-Win

Turn A Win-Lose Power-Struggle into a Win-Win

Our child digs in their heels and all of a sudden, we too are a child on the playground and the fight is on! They don't call it a power-struggle...

Turn A Win-Lose Power-Struggle into a Win-Win

Our child digs in their heels and all of a sudden, we too are a child on the playground and the fight is on! They don't call it a power-struggle...

You Can Pick Your Nose, And Pick Your Friends...You Can't Pick Your Kid's Friends

You Can Pick Your Nose, And Pick Your Friends.....

Kids are learning about relationships. They start off in parallel play, graduate to interactive play and eventually come to discern who they like hanging around with and who they don't....

You Can Pick Your Nose, And Pick Your Friends.....

Kids are learning about relationships. They start off in parallel play, graduate to interactive play and eventually come to discern who they like hanging around with and who they don't....

CAREFUL! Your Face Will Get Stuck Like That!

CAREFUL! Your Face Will Get Stuck Like That!

When a child gets stuck in a phase, it is so easy to forecast a disaster far into the future, and then feel paralyzed by that disaster. The more frustrated...

CAREFUL! Your Face Will Get Stuck Like That!

When a child gets stuck in a phase, it is so easy to forecast a disaster far into the future, and then feel paralyzed by that disaster. The more frustrated...

Teach Your Values

Teach Your Values

  "Don't worry that your kids aren't listening to you. Worry that they are WATCHING EVERYTHING YOU DO!" ~Sal Severe, Ph.D This becomes especially relevant when we are talking about...

Teach Your Values

  "Don't worry that your kids aren't listening to you. Worry that they are WATCHING EVERYTHING YOU DO!" ~Sal Severe, Ph.D This becomes especially relevant when we are talking about...