3 min readAccountabilityReflections on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report: Parenting Under PressureUniversal Challenges Did you HEAR about the Parenting Under Pressure report from the U.S. Surgeon General? I was bowled over by one...
2 min readListenNobody Likes Feeling IgnoredParents ask me all the time, “Why would I empathize if a child is screaming, telling us we are awful, refusing to put on their shoes, or not
2 min readListenChildren Do Better When They Feel BetterWhat 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...
3 min readBoundariesMy Kids Are Always Manipulating Me!!The Background My kids are driving me crazy. They don’t listen to me and are so manipulative. I can’t stand it! My 10 year old pushes...
3 min readAnxietyAnxiety and Active ListeningCOVID-19 might give you an opportunity to practive active listening and we’ll make it simple. Set off 3-5 minutes.