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 transcribedWorrying is good in terms of figuring out your options and planning ahead. But worrying too much can be debilitating. It can get your stressed out, an...
Transitions are always hard. The one from teen to adult is probably the hardest, for both parent and teen. You want it all to go well, but you c...
No, it's not a maybe, surely not a hope-they-won't. Teenage rebellion is a developmental imperative. In your child's young life, he goes from p...
Yep. We all have hormones. While teenage girls get all the bad press, boys, girls, men, and women all have hormones. They help regulate our bodies and...
Moods come and go. We don't like it when our child is in a mood, but we deal with it. "This isn't like you. What else is going on here?" is a great wa...
A round tuit is a play on words that can help your child motivate the "do I hafta's?" to "get it done." Sometimes our kids get stuck in bad behavior....
Did you know that stress can be both good and bad? When something good happens, it can be just as stressful as when something bad happens. Allow for e...
You know what? Stuff happens. The question is, what do you do with that stuff? When something bad happens, turn it into something good. The tool for t...
No parent likes to confront their child. No child likes to be confronted. And yet, in healthy relationships, confrontation needs to happen. It's when...
I can't think of any child who dives into chores gleefully. Yet, we all have to do things that we don't want to do. For children, that's magnified bec...
Many parents outright bribe their kids to "be good." Kids will take the bribe but not necessarily follow through with being good. They are not investe...
Just as our children reach certain developmental stages as they grow older, so too do us parents, depending on your child's stage of development. When...
Raising your kids is the toughest job for which most parents are not prepared to do. Balancing the endless demands of childhood with the rest of your...
Do we want power or relationship with our kids? When you come off as dominant, my way or the highway, you parent by fear, not by relationship. When yo...
Family meetings can be a great way to get everyone involved, and invested in, planning things the family does together. It could be the mundane, like...
Children notice not only what we say but also how we say it. Verbal and nonverbal go together. When they need confrontation, challenge the behavior, n...
It's not a maybe. It's not just bad kids. It's an imperative. All children will test the limits every chance they get. Why? to be sure the limit is in...
When we take a foreign language in school, we can spend years studying it and still not be fluent. That's because we are not immersed in the language...
When depression is organic or genetic, treatment may require medication. When depression is situational or reactive, you can beat it with these two si...
How often do you get to savor the moment? Most folks talk about how angelic their child looks when he is sleeping. Wouldn’t you also like to savor the...
