Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Rabbit Hole This Way … How to Help Your Kids Manage the Pull of Technology The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Giving Your Child Feedback? Read This Feedback First How often do you find yourself giving your child a compliment in preparation for a criticism? “I love that enthusiasm, but please keep... Continue Reading
Bullying Prevention, Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls 5 Ways to Help Your Child Silence Their Inner Critic “I’ll fail the test!” “Nobody likes me!” It’s not uncommon to hear your child utter self-critical statements like these from... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers From Helplessness to Action: Empowering our Children to Create a Better World Mr. Rogers’ phrase “Look for the helpers” has been especially resonant lately, as we have watched youth mobilizing around the... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology How to Stop Facebook from Hijacking Your Attention We all live in the Attention Economy The most precious thing we can give to anyone or anything, particularly to our children, is our... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Three Ways to Appreciate Your Child’s Mind “One of the most precious gifts you can offer your child is your attuned, curious, and attentive mind. Yet in the overwhelm of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers Touchpoints: The Contributions of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton The world lost a great parent and child advocate with the death of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician and author of Touchpoints: Your... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Girls 5 Tips For Raising Strong, Powerful Girls We all want our daughters to be secure and confident—to know how to assert themselves, think critically, and make positive choices for... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology The Technology Rules Kids and Teens Wish Their Parents Would Follow A recent research study entitled Not at the Dinner Table: Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives on Family Technology Rules... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips 5 Ways to Encourage Responsibility in Your Kids We all know the kids who jump up to help their parents clear the table after dinner or walk an older adult across the street, and we... Continue Reading
