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The Opposite of Criticism

I suggested the boys ride their bikes to discover where the new house was. They expressed anxiety, they weren’t sure where to turn right whe

We warned them. The waiter warned them. The seagulls were everywhere and aggressive. If they left their food unattended for a moment, those

I don't know a better time to practice waiting with your kids then a trip to Disney. It took me until the end of the vacation to figure

When our mother announced there would be no TV at all that summer, we initially thought it was just one of her ideas. But over the next few

Have you ever felt you can’t get it right? Try the 3 S's

Grit is important. You need grit. Your kids are going to need grit. But if grit is the main way you do life, it will fail you. So what is be

Imagine that you are incredibly successful. Everything comes to you easily, effortlessly. It is as though you float through your beautiful l

At recess we learned that challenges were fun, that we could run faster, climb higher, jump harder. We learned that failures were necessary

We can see failure as a big problem. Or we can see it as the positive it is. If you failed it means you tried. If you failed it means you ha

This is about bringing our creativity into our parenting leadership, so we can stop reacting to all the anxiety producing shoulds we’ve been