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7 Parts Of The Parenting Pie

At its core, parenting is about relationships, and in our search for the perfect discipline tricks, we've lost sight of that. Here are 7 pieces to the "parenting pie" that shape your child’s formative years.

10 Ways To Get Your Kids Talking About Their Feelings

It can be hard to connect when our children are reluctant to share. Here are some tips to help your children want to talk.

5 Reasons Kids Misbehave And How To Respond

Here are five common reasons our kids misbehave and some ideas on how to respond for a more peaceful, connected home.

How To Rediscover Emotions That Were Suppressed In Childhood

Sometimes all that we need is a safe place to feel, except we don’t know how to feel a full spectrum of emotions because we were taught not to, and even if we did feel, we lack the language to communicate those feelings. Here's how to change the narrative not...

Meltdowns Develop Your Child's Brain When Met With Connection; Punishment Doesn't Work

Toddlers are one of the most authentic creatures on the planet, and also, arguably, the most misunderstood. On the surface, we see meltdowns, defiance, and limit testing. But there’s so much more than what meets the eye.

4 Powerful Ways To Ensure Your Kids Don’t Bear the Weight of Your Emotions

When children feel responsible for taking care of their parents emotionally, it can cause a range of mental and emotional issues. Maybe this was a familiar story in your own childhood. Here are 4 ways we can break the cycle.

5 False Toddler Myths

Toddlerhood is a precious time. We do our kids and ourselves a great injustice by assigning negative intent to their developmentally normal behaviors. Instead of going to war, let’s spend these quickly-passing years seeking to understand our little ones and rewrite the narrative on common myths.

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

Students who are self-aware and able to understand their emotions have a greater ability to relate to others, make decisions, and excel academically. Here is how to help your child develop social-emotional skills at home.

Social-Emotional Learning Is Key in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social-emotional instruction has been proven beneficial during normal times; it is now an urgent need. Here are 5 SEL activities for the classroom and 5 for home. Together, we can bridge the school to home gap.

Is It Okay For Me To Cry In Front Of My Child?

How do we straddle the line of expressing emotion in front of our children while letting them know that they are not responsible for our feelings? The process can be vulnerable and uncomfortable, but this is often how it feels when we commit to breaking cycles of generational wounding.

I’ve Never Grounded My Teenager - Here’s Why

In our culture, we are accustomed to training children through pain. We are fooled into thinking it’s good because it works, but it only works for a short time, and the reason it works is heartbreaking. Here's what to do instead of punishment.

Feeling Emotions As An Adult When Taught Not To As A Child

When we learn to suppress unpleasant emotions as a child, we become adults whose conditioned self masquerades as our authentic self. This dampens our human experience (and affects our mental health and parenting). Here's how to break the cycle.

Make Connection a Habit

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7 Parts Of The Parenting Pie

10 Ways To Get Your Kids Talking About Their Feelings

5 Reasons Kids Misbehave And How To Respond

How To Rediscover Emotions That Were Suppressed In Childhood

Meltdowns Develop Your Child's Brain When Met With Connection; Punishment Doesn't Work

4 Powerful Ways To Ensure Your Kids Don’t Bear the Weight of Your Emotions

5 False Toddler Myths

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

Social-Emotional Learning Is Key in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Is It Okay For Me To Cry In Front Of My Child?

I’ve Never Grounded My Teenager - Here’s Why

Feeling Emotions As An Adult When Taught Not To As A Child

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