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
299 episodes transcribedChildren get frustrated trying to learn sometimes, or even just trying new things. While you always want to active listen your child's feelin...
In Matthew 22:39, Jesus gives us what I call "The Codependent's Commandment." He tells us to love one another as we love ourselves. We can't...
Are you overloaded and overstressed? Do you have too much to do and not enough time or resources to get it all done? It doesn't have to be this way. F...
What is a teachable moment, other than a great title for my parenting book, Teachable Moments: Building Blocks of Christian Parenting. Teachable momen...
If what you focus on grows, then it makes sense to focus on the positive. Our kids, and actually all of us, seek attention. The thing about attention...
If 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...
