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Staying Mentally Healthy In Times Of Crisis
These certainly are unprecedented times we live in. With the world on high alert and everything we take for granted in our daily lives, put on hold, now more than ever we need [...]
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10Feb
Family Meeting How-To’s
Family meetings can be one of your best discipline strategies as a parent. Here’s what your kids learn from participating in family meetings: Listening skills Brainstorming [...]
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Lowered Expectations
As parents, we set pretty high standards for ourselves. When we’re expecting our first child, we plan on having a child who listens, who is patient while we’re shopping, who [...]
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Gratitude in the Time of Abundance
It’s hard not to notice how much our kids have. One study found that not that long ago – only a few decades – the average child had 50 toys. By 1995, that number had jumped [...]
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18Nov
Out-Of-The-Box Encouragement
We’ve talked before about how important encouragement is for kids. It contributes to healthy self esteem, it fosters courage and a willingness to make a mistake but try again, [...]
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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Communicators
Many of us take our communication style for granted. We just say what we’re thinking. We might assume that what we’re thinking is “common sense.” Maybe we don’t give much [...]
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Hands-On Parenting: Too Much Of A Good Thing
I first became aware of the term “helicopter parent” many years ago. It was in an article by Amanda Robb in the July 2008 issue of O Magazine. The term was coined by former [...]
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Listening To Our Kids
How well do you listen to your kids? Many parents would pat themselves on the back when it comes to keeping communication flowing between themselves and their children. But [...]
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Making The Most Of Summer Birthdays (Even If It’s An Un-Birthday)
As a winter baby, I never had to experience the disappointment of inviting friends to a party but having them all at the cottage on the appointed day. Or of not knowing how [...]
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Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say
Following through as a parent is hard. Who among us has not threatened to cancel Christmas or a vacation, knowing full well that we’d never do it? Who hasn’t said to [...]
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