Creating Order Out of Chaos
Key strategies to staying sane and in control during Covid-19 Spring break, summer vacations and holidays are all exciting times of the year where the daily ritual of school, work, chores, and the never-ending to-do list gets tossed out the window and with pleasure....
Your Child NEEDS these 3 Gifts of Love to Thrive
Chocolates, candy hearts, and cuddly stuffed animals are a fun way to express our love to our children on Valentine's Day. But if you deeply love your child and want them to thrive, it is critical to SHOW your children by giving them these 3 gifts of love: Being fully...
Do Children Learn From Their Punishments- The Truth Every Parent Should Know
Do the scenarios below sound familiar? “I’ve had it!!! Go to your room and don’t come out until you can treat me and everyone else in this family with more respect! And apologize for your actions!” “You are STILL playing Fortnite?!?!?!?! THAT’S IT! When will you ever...
The Magic of Chores and Allowance – The Benefits are So Much More than a Clean Home!
Do you ever feel there is just not enough time in a day? That you run around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to accomplish everything on your to-do list ALL while trying to raise responsible, respectful, thoughtful, entitled free kids? Like so many...
Candy, Stars and Marble Jars – The WIFM Syndrome
Years ago, I was substitute teaching for a 4th-grade class. It was the end of the day and while most students had gone home, I had several students still waiting on their bus to arrive. I asked the students to join me in each picking up 5 items from the floor (wads of...
Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day. This is the one day of the year that our calendars are marked to show those that we care most about how much we love and appreciate them. But, are you truly in the present moment of Valentines Day thoughtfully sharing your love with your children...
Duct Tape And Sibling Rivalry
One of the most pressing questions parents ask me, which also happens to be one of their biggest button pushers, has to do with siblings fighting, tormenting and teasing one another. Can you relate? We all know that kids can go from playing together in a calm and...
Powerful lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an iconic pastor, human rights activist and leader in the American civil rights movement has, and will forever, impact the world not only as a whole but if we allow him to, on us as individuals. When I think of Dr. King, the following 3...
It just seems so simple, right?!
It just seems so simple, right?! If your kids would simply do as you ask, when you ask and how you ask, life with your children would be GREAT! Imagine…..You wouldn’t have to yell, nag or punish. There would be more peace, more joy and more laughter with your children...
Holidays without presents… Could you imagine?
Happy Holidays! Imagine for a moment that the holidays had nothing to do with presents under the tree. What would that look like, sound like, feel like for you? I wonder what that would look like, sound like, feel like for your child? (There is one way to find out!)...