Parenting is the most important job we have for which we almost never have any training. This podcast offers glimpses into effective parenting choices and communication
294 episodes transcribedIf you are looking for a trouble-free home, forget about it. All kinds of trouble, big and small, kid and parent, will visit your family at some time...
When your daughter is getting ready to start her menstrual period, it can set a whole house spinning. Most teen girls see their period as a bother, no...
All parents use restricting your child's privileges, access, or time as a consequence for unacceptable words or actions. But there are two kinds of re...
Angst is the sum of every bad feeling you can imagine. Attitude is, well, we parents all know attitude when we see it. Kids in general and teens in pa...
Most of us want to parent either just like mom and dad, or just opposite mom and dad. However, conventional wisdom shows us that we are drawn to the f...
If your child is going to have difficulty during the day, chances are it will happen during a transition time. Even with expected transitions, like ch...
When your child is melting down, are you quick to go into damage control? Or are helping her settle down and re-group? Active listening is the go-to r...
As our children grow, our parenting needs to change. There are four stages of parenting, depending on your child's age. They will be most receptive an...
Parents who know, understand and respond to their child's needs and feelings are practicing servanthood parenting. That does not mean giving in all th...
Most of the time you and your child get each other. But, when you don't get each other, there's a disconnect. Disconnects usually occur when your verb...
In this age of internet and social media, it's easy for the tail to wag the dog. That is, if you don't have family rules for use of the internet and s...
As parents, we all have lots going on. When our child has a problem, it's always easier to just solve the problem for him. After all, we are bigger, s...
Unless your child is the one in a million who dives into homework each night with great joy and abandon, you experience the homework wars in your fami...
Isn't it great when things are going great? No fuss, no muss. Everybody's getting along. Things are getting done. There's a delightful playfulness in...
Stress comes in two forms, the bad struff, distress, and the good stuff, eustress. Each form, however, can generate symptoms that take you off task. W...
At this holiday time of the year, what greater gift for your child than to really listen to her. Not just hear her words, but interact with your...
Parents often parent according to what they have been used to, when they were kids in their growing up homes. That can be bad, or good. Most pa...
All children are defiant at times. It's their way of exploring their environment and developing their identity. How we respond to their defiance will...
In healthy families, people talk to each other...a lot. Such talk, however, consists of both verbal and nonverbal communication. If the two are out of...
There are all kinds of parents. What kind are you? Are you a dictator? Overbearing? Pushover? Whatever? Or are you an absent parent? All of these type...
