Category Discipline
What to Do When Your Child Has a Hard Time Losing
Resilience and respect: Learning to โwin at losing"
5 Powerful Ways to Connect with a Teen Who Lies
Lying is particularly hard on parents, because it feels like a betrayal. Moreover, it can be really confusing! If you know a teen who lies regularly, you may not know what to believe anymore, even when they are telling theโฆ
What Do Kids Really Need From Us? | Ep. 95
Sometimes parenting can seem hopeless. What do kids really need from us? Maybe your kids are struggling and youโre not sure how to get through to them. (This can feel especially hard with teens!) You feel frustrated and your relationshipโฆ
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What’s Good About Being an Angry Parent?
Anger is tough to understand. Many parents, in an effort to stop their kidsโ misbehavior, tend to react quickly. This reaction usually doesnโt give much thought to the deeper layers of whatโs going on in both the child and theโฆ
Why Do I Feel So Angry?ย | Ep. 94
โWHY do I feel so angry?โ โIโm just an angry parent with an angry kid!โ Do you ever find yourself saying or thinking these statements? Anger can be a difficult emotion to navigate. We can feel so defeated when weโฆ
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From Nursing to Coaching: Walking with Parents in Intense Times
Introducing Connected Familiesโ parent coach, Lydia Rex
Help! Homeschooling Is Overwhelming | Ep 93
Do you feel overwhelmed as a homeschool parent? Many parents in the Connected Families community homeschool. That number has grown even more since 2020. Homeschooling can bring some unique parenting challenges! From sibling conflict to curriculum choices to intense learningโฆ
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Helping Kids with Their Anger
Kids get angry sometimes. So do we. But is it pure anger, or is there something more? It turns out that much of what appears as anger is actually a more tangled and confusing set of feelings like fear, sadness,โฆ
Connecting in Your Marriage | Ep. 92
Building a connected marriage is hard work and it doesnโt always come easily. You want to bring better alignment between you and your spouse and create an environment of love, grace, and emotional safety. But you also might feel stuckโฆ
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Your Child’s Grades Don’t Matter (To You)
And why their grades might improve once you believe this.