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What To Do When You Think Your Child Is Doomed
Imagine you have endured one of those days when everything goes wrong. The challenges of parenting drain every last ounce of energy and hope from your soul. You feel in your bones that your children are doomed by every parentingโฆ
Hereโs How to Seize the Opportunity When Your Child Feels Distant
โMy daughter is distant from me.โ How often have parents repeated these words? Or maybe itโs your son that is emotionally distant these days. The truth is, all relationships hit low points at times. For some kids, distance is theirโฆ
Where Do Parenting Reflexes Come From?
On the journey of parenting, many of us find that we have some typical โparenting reflexesโ that are often our default response. Some of this comes from instinct โ as when we instinctively move to comfort a crying child. Butโฆ
The Parenting Pitfall We All Get Stuck In
Thereโs a parenting pitfall that nearly all parents get stuck in at some point: โIf my child behaves well, I am a good parent. If my child misbehaves, I am a bad parent.โ Stated so bluntly, itโs obviously not true,โฆ
When Connecting with Kids Just Feels… Awkward
Have you ever tried to connect with your child and just feltโฆ awkward? This is not uncommon. Parents sometimes express to us that connection can be awkward, such as, โWe just arenโt a huggy family.โ Feelings of awkwardness around oneย formโฆ
My Kids’ Messes Drive Me CRAZY!
For years I have struggled with the mess that our lively, spontaneous, creative, frequently disorganized children made at high speed. I used to call it โTrash and Dash.โ Since their father has somewhat more โrelaxedโ standards of housekeeping than Iโฆ
What to Do When You Dislike Your Child
During the very difficult years of early parenting, I would go through long times of despair, as well as periods of dislike for one or more of my children. I felt horribly guilty as well as angry with my familyโฆ