Category Discipline
12 Blog Posts and Podcasts To Inspire Your Parenting
Many in the Connected Families community have children through adoption, foster care, or kinship care.* Because weโre Christ-centered, research-based, attachment-focused, and trauma-informed, these parents come to us seeking encouragement in their unique parenting journey. We also have quite a fewโฆ
My Child Wants Nothing to Do With Me. Is There Hope?
โMy daughter seems distant.โ or โMy son wants nothing to do with me. It seems like my efforts at connecting just push him further away!โ Can you relate to these statements? Weโve heard statements like these from plenty of parents.โฆ
Pursuing Kids Who Push Away | Ep. 114
If youโre here, your parenting goal is likely to have a connected family. But what do you do when you have a child who is pulling away from you? A child who does not seem to want connection?ย Feelings ofโฆ
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The Most Effective Way To Teach Kids To Pray
As parents, we want whatโs best for our children, including a life of solid faith, values, and prayer. How do you teach faith to your children? How do you help them understand things that sometimes even you donโt understand? Howโฆ
UPDATED: How To Pray With Your Child | Ep. 113
Prayer is a meaningful faith practice that you probably want to pass on to your kids, but teaching your kids to pray may feel overwhelming. You may feel unsure how to answer your kidโs questions about prayer or how toโฆ
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Daily Sensory Rhythms To Bring Peace to Your Home | Ep 112
Your child is done with school (or preschool) for the day and instead of relaxing, youโre now navigating meltdown after meltdown. Why do the strategies that worked with one child fall flat with another? Do you find yourself wondering, โWillโฆ
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When It Comes to Expressing Love…Timing Matters!
If you ask most parents, they would say itโs important to love children unconditionally. But in practice, sometimes thatโs harder than it sounds! What exactly is unconditional love? What does it look like? One thingโs for sure: unconditional love isโฆ
Consequences vs Punishment: Whatโs the Difference?
If youโve been parenting any time at all, you likely have made a significant discovery: Despite your most graceful efforts to stay calm, connect well, and guide them with grace, your kids still misbehave. So what do you do inโฆ
Coaching Your Kids to Make It Right | Ep. 111
Do you sometimes struggle to think of an appropriate consequence for your childโs misbehavior? Or dole out punishment only to have your child refuse to accept the punishment? Sigh. Offering consistent and effective discipline can feel like an ongoing andโฆ
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Why Punching a Pillow When Angry Doesn’t Really Help Your Child
and what DOES help