Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
In fact, each of the Extremely Good Parenting Episodes also has an accompanying blog post.
The Definitive Guide to Authoritative Parenting and How to Do It Right The primary purpose I have here is to help parents, especially young and new parents, understand how to interact with and relate to their children in a way that positively impacts their development. There are many trends, terms, and different parenting styles including […]
Every strong willed child can toe the line of defiance, but learn to harness their passion for great success!
My children aren’t perfect, by any means. But I will say that in raising them I have tried to instill life skills before age 5 that reinforce responsibility, dependability, and helpfulness. Basically before they start kindergarten, every child I believe should be equipped with basic life skills. So many skills are fairly easy to teach […]
It’s been two years since I sat down at a keyboard and wrote anything meaningful. 2 years of triumph, of extreme sadness, and of simple change. I asked myself where and how to begin again and I asked myself if I was even the same person and the answer is a resounding NO. So let […]
3 simple but effective strategies to teach your kids about chores, cleaning, and tidying responsibiliies as a life skill.
There is a loneliness to raising kids without family in close proximity, without genuinely close friends, and without help. I recognized long ago that it really did take a village to raise a child — but not because that was how a healthy child was to be raised, but because that’s how mentally healthy parents […]
