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Stories of Transformationโฆ from “Fixing” to Connecting | Ep. 180
We chat with Lindsay Fauver, a mom from the Connected Families community, about her parenting journey with a child who experiences anxiety, sensory challenges, and challenging behaviors. Lindsay shares how she has gained new understanding and tools to support herโฆ
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My Childโs Loved One Died; What Do I Do Now? How to Support Your Grieving Child & What to Expect
Navigating the complex and often heart-wrenching journey of grief with your child may feel like an immense parenting challenge, especially if you are also grieving. You want your child to feel safe, loved, and capable of working through difficult emotions.โฆ
6 Practical Tips to Tame Your Temper
Disciplining misbehaving kids is often a difficult and emotion-laden task. Our oldest son, Daniel, sometimes said to Lynne, โMom, you just bursted all over us!โ And he was painfully correct. Jim had his share of quick, harsh reactions as well.โฆ
Special Time With Your Child: 3 Kind Steps to Make the Ending Special Too
Itโs great to have a goal to spend more special time with your child, butโฆnot only is it sometimes painfully difficult to even find five minutes of concentrated one-on-one time but letโs talk about the transition back. Have you everโฆ
When Parenting Is Harder Than You Thought It Would Be | Ep. 115
Before you had children you may have held idealistic visions of what family life and parenting would be like someday. For some parents, as their hopes and expectations meet the realities of daily life, they begin to feel disillusioned. Insecuritiesโฆ
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You Really Want To Show Loving Discipline? Start With Your Face.
If youโre reading this right now, you likely want to show love to your kids, even in discipline. You probably already believe unconditional love means loving your kids during misbehavior. You donโt need to be convinced of the benefits ofโฆ
Ending the Shame Cycle | Ep. 100
Are you hard on yourself as a parent? As a person? Itโs so easy to get caught up in what feels like failure to us. We want so much to be good parents! Though itโs unintentional, we can project ourโฆ
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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
11 Ideas to Help You Stop Yelling at Your Kids
Ideas from Scripture and Science to Develop a โGentle Tongueโ
Scared to launch your child into the โreal worldโ?
If youโre the parent of an older teen or young adult, the thought of launching your child into the world can be frightening; particularly if they have shown very few signs that they will be able to handle โreal lifeโโฆ