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I’m coming off our annual Cape Cod vacation, visiting with old friends and family and my adult(!) daughters. Vacations always feel like a...
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Mary helps you improve your parenting in 60 seconds or less!
These are brain-science and child development simplified...with a script to try the concept out right away.
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WHOSE STORY IS IT?
My kids used to say to me, “You always make it about you.” That confused me. I mean, it would take me ten pages to list everything I was...
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The EmoEdge: Unlocking Parenting Potential
Picture this: It’s a typical evening in the Smith household. Four energetic girls, ranging in age from six to twelve, are buzzing around...
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SAY IT STRAIGHT
A mom said to me the other day, “Of course I say what I mean. I’m a parent, not a politician.” We chuckled. But she was serious. As...
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Breaking the Judgment Cycle
Of course I love my children unconditionally. I love them regardless of what they’re thinking or doing. I tell them that all the time!...
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Repairing Restores
We all blow it. We lose our temper. We yell at our kids or hurt their feelings. Even that perfect family down the street . . . they...
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Kids are Our Expectations
Have you ever wondered why the “good” kid seems to do better and better, and the “not-so-good” one just keeps messing up again and again?...
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Listening to Accept
What is it? I think of listening on a spectrum that starts with making sure you understand what is really being communicated with a tool...
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The Five Minute Hack
A MicroStep Moment More people have mobile phones than have toilets. Fun fact. Research shows that phones are just too hard to ignore....
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Drying Ducks: Seeing Children
A MicroStep Moment Sometimes you have to dry the rubber duckies so that your kids know you care. Huh? Hangry: /ˈhaNGɡrē/, adjective....
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The Who Needs What Moment
I just NEED them to BE better so I can feel better! Hmmm . . . Is that really what you need? Parenting just messes with our brains. I...
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Children Do Better When They Feel Better
What is it? We just can’t help ourselves. We can see that the child is going to ‘fight back’, we feel a bit out of control and we know...
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How (and why) to Say No to Children
THE BACKGROUND "My child just yells at me angrily or she’ll flat out refuse to do what I ask." “She just rules the roost; there’s nothing...
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When Kids Don't Care About Consequences
The Background Much of what we are trying to ‘get our kids to do’ revolves around accountability. When the child behaves ‘well’, we’re...
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