Validate the pain of young people I understand the frustration of dealing with rude teens. It seems they’re being so disrespectful to others and themselves. It can really be annoying […]

Encourage your kids to say NO to you and to DISAGREE with you And celebrate when they do! I know how crazy that might sound, believe me. And yet it […]

Break The Cycle A few years before my daughter was born I made a commitment to change the parenting style that had been handed down to me from my past. […]

It is important to foster our kid’s independence, freedom and critical thinking. It is also important to protect them in certain circumstances. Often it seems like these two things are […]

An Antidote for Yelling A mother asked me for help because she finds herself yelling a lot and wants to yell less. This happens especially when things like brushing teeth […]

Demanding Respect Produces The Opposite The demand in itself is disrespect! Let us instead strive to be worthy of the respect of these Divine beings of light and love. What […]

Educate Through Experience Rather Than Rules I am not a fan of rules. I prefer guidelines. Rules attempt to control and there is a consequence for breaking them. Guidelines… GUIDE! […]

I Told My Kid To Do Her Homework I remember a day a few years ago I said to my daughter “It’s getting later you should probably start your homework.” […]

Priorities, Perspectives And Desires It’s so hard for adults to take the priorities, perspectives and desires of kids seriously. We cannot see how important different things are at different ages. […]

Monitor What They Watch… Sort Of As a parent I’ve always thought it’s important to monitor what TV and movies my child watches and the video games she plays. There […]