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 transcribedDid you know? Your child's sibling place in your family matters. First-borns, middle children, and youngest child all have certain personality traits...
Teens often seem to be in their own world. But, do they really want to be? Their universal goal is to form their own, individual identity, which will...
What kind of parent are you? Are you the good guy? the bad guy? the strict disciplinarian? the lax one? All kinds of parenting. Hopefully you are a bi...
Parenting often seems limited to stern lectures, supervising chores, helping with homework. While these things may represent the hard work of parentin...
Legacies come in many forms. They could be the family business, a piece of property, some passed-down item from family antiquity. If we are looking at...
Next to life, death, and marriage, residential moving can be waaay up there as stressful. Following is an article my colleague, Cheryl Conklin at cher...
How does your family handle the loss of a loved one. It's going to happen. How does it affect you and your children? In this podcast I ask the questio...
In today's busy, non-stop, electronic world, how much time do you think you actually have with your kids and as a family? Thinking about and applying...
Kids are all over the place. Keeping up with them is a hassle. Teaching and molding them is an even greater task. Here I offer two keys to "training t...
Every family has at least one character. You know, the one who draws attention in funny, silly ways, the jokester. Having a character in your family,...
The only 3 universal events all of experience are death, taxes, and change. Change happens. It's how we handle it that matters. The tone you set for y...
You don't have to, but you want to. Nobody told you to. You came up with it all by yourself. This is the origin of being kind. Isn't is strange that w...
All kids act out. It's one way that they explore their world, assert themselves, and nurture their natural curiosity. However, there are three kinds o...
Have you ever had your child jerk your chain so hard that you couldn't wait to give them a piece of your mind (or maybe THE BELT)? What parent hasn't?...
As parents, we all are hard-wired to fix things, problem-solve, kiss the boo-boo. That is sufficient most of the time. But what about when your child...
Families have drama all the time. It comes in all shapes and sizes. How you handle the drama in your house sets the tone for all others living there....
Every parent has a superpower, but often it goes unused. When things are great at home, at work, with your kids, well, life doesn't get much better th...
Are you an "Ella?" She's a young mom caught up in a life she can't seem to escape. She has spent all of it preparing to die. In my brief article, I sh...
Home stretching the school year. Time to get summer plans started. In the first letter, mom frets over summer expenses, kids' activities, and not gett...
Even though the pandemic is mostly behind us, some families are still reeling from its effects. My first letter asks about using family planning meeti...
