Resilient Children: 15 Little Opportunities to Grow Overcomers at Home

How Carrie helped her son learn resilience: When I picked Jared up from kindergarten he began drawing in the car. His start of a stick

How I Helped My Baby Sleep When Sleep Training Was Not Working

Did you find this blog because you Googled, “How do I get my baby to sleep through the night?”? Well then, my friend, soak in

How to Say “No” to Kids Without the Power Struggles

Think about how it usually goes: Your child focuses on a goal (even if it is a really bad goal like “teaching little sister a

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Spoiled kids are in the news again – or rather parents who spoil kids. In 2012 we wrote about the problem of entitlement and offered

“I Was Meeting HIS Disrespect with MY Disrespect”

The realization that each person is responsible for their own heart change. A parent must learn to be trustworthy in order to gain trust. Visualizing

6 Survival Tips for Parents of Teens

  In our work coaching hundreds of parents of tweens and teens over the years, we’ve uncovered six common themes that leave teens feeling a

Back to School

No matter the type of school – preschool, public, private, home-school, or alternative school – the transition from summer activities to educational studies generally has

Beat Boredom This Summer With These 4 Tips

“Can we go now?” While it’s not always this easy to help kids overcome their boredom, there are some basic principles that guided me that

Prep Your Kids for a Responsible School Year

Getting an education is a tremendous privilege. Most parents recognize that future opportunities are built on the many layers of learning that happen during the

Is Your Child Lazy?

Lazy Child, Lazy Adult? As parents, we hope to raise children that turn into productive, helpful adults, but the path to getting there can seem

How to Help Tattling Kids

“She called me a name!” “He hit me!” When one child “tells on” another, we call that “tattling.” It can be difficult to confront the kid

Teach Kids Responsibility

Kids make messes. Parents ask and ask (and it really sounds like nagging) their kids to take responsibility for their things and it seems like