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 transcribedAt 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...
Worrying 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...
