a little fingertip confidence building to make kids feel love
Can you see those little almost-rubbed-off letters on those fingers up there? There was a night a few weeks ago where this girl needed a pretty serious pick-me-up. Sometimes high…
Can you see those little almost-rubbed-off letters on those fingers up there? There was a night a few weeks ago where this girl needed a pretty serious pick-me-up. Sometimes high…
Last weekend there was a virtual conference for parents with Lucy’s syndrome (BBS). I was asked to be a one of the panelists in the session “What I Wish I…
Our church congregation has sent out some great ideas for family councils I want to share. There is so much power in gathering as a family and counseling together to…
Each summer as soon as the last school bell rings freeing us into summer, we sit down together and write out summer goals…with a plan.
The responsibility as a parent becomes so tangible when you have teenagers, as their decisions and friends and actions start to mean so much more and have bigger consequences. They are so much more accountable and it is so difficult to find the balance between nagging and praising. Yet it’s difficult to help with anything at all if you don’t have a good relationship. So, Here I am with 3 tips for making teenagers like you.
How to Teach Emotional Resilience Did you know that labeling emotions can help create neurological patterns in a child’s brain? And an adult’s too for that matter. Putting a label…
Promoting Resilience in teens Claire had an unintentional lesson in resilience a couple weeks ago, and I want to share it because once again, I keep being taught that so…
One week a month or so ago when I was at the end of my “parenting rope,” my sister told me about something her yoga instructor had said during a…
Little did I know when all those little girls were bouncing around full of drama (which they still are…some more than others…) …that they would grow up to be some…