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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 doesnโ€™t give much thought to the deeper layers of whatโ€™s going on in both the child and theโ€ฆ

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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,โ€ฆ

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Encouraging Kids Who โ€œJust Donโ€™t Care!โ€ | Ep. 88

Does it feel like your child just doesnโ€™t care? Maybe even saying the words, โ€œI just donโ€™t care!โ€ Does your child seem unmotivated in school, defensive about doing chores, maybe even withdrawn and depressed? It is so hard to knowโ€ฆ

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How to Take Advantage of Sibling Rivalry to Explain Emotions and Feelings to a Child

Few things can be more frustrating as a parent than trying to mediate sibling rivalry. You want your kids to be friends but instead they are fighting, badgering, and teasing each other. It feels like you are getting nowhere!  Youโ€ฆ

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The Power of Empathy: How to Teach Your Child to “Feel Another’s Feelings” | Ep. 53

โ€œHow do you think that makes your sister feel?โ€ or โ€œYou canโ€™t do that to him!โ€ Sound familiar? As a parent you likely want your child to be known as kind, generous, sensitive, and empathetic. These expectations can cause stressโ€ฆ