Throw Off The Labels This weekend I am volunteering at a youth empowerment conference. The conference is organized by the Future Aces Foundation. http://futureaces.org/ There are over 200 kids in […]
Read moreMy Kid Is Stealing From Me
Stealing money from mom A mother in distress posted on a parenting group on Facebook that her 12 year old son has been stealing money from her. The latest incident […]
Read moreAcknowledging the good amplifies the good
The ordeal of buying concert tickets This morning tickets for the Marianas Trench concert went on sale at 10 a.m. This is my daughter’s favorite band. She definitely wanted to […]
Read moreThe Parenting Code
Stopping Bullets Remember that scene in The Matrix when neo stops the bullets? He was running from the agents and Agent Smith caught up with him. Without saying a word […]
Read moreAcceptance as a Tool For Building Self-Esteem
Practice PROFOUND Acceptance Practicing profound acceptance is perhaps the most important action you can take to help your kids develop self-esteem. Let your kids always feel that you accept them […]
Read moreConfidence does not equal Arrogance
Confidence does not equal Arrogance There is a common idea that we have to be hard on kids at least some of the time or they will end up being […]
Read moreTeaching By Example – The Wig in the Wind Revisited
Yesterday I wrote a blog post about the non-random nature of the universe. The Wig Catcher In it I told a story about helping an elderly womyn retrieve her wig […]
Read moreA Short Note About Time
Another Life Lesson from TV I watched an episode of Heroes today with my daughter. At one point the main character had just found out his 20 something daughter had […]
Read moreKids who hit – Part 3
Asking Why? When I think about parenting, as I do much of the time, I find myself asking the question “why?” a lot. Usually asking “why?” helps me to get […]
Read moreHelping Kids Who Express Anger Through Hitting
Having A Conversation About Parenting… Again! I was hanging out with my dear friend Amy this weekend and we were having a discussion about kids. You can’t really spend more […]
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