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The Opposite of Criticism

Keep your kids happy AND get rid of all that unhealthy Halloween candy.

Sometimes we have to make space our kids busy lives to allow them to experience boredom. If they are too scheduled or too plugged in to thei

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

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

So as we talk to our parents in their role as grandparents, it can help to understand that there is a huge difference between the certainty

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

When we have a sense for what is really going on with our kid, we do better. I will never forget the first season of “Toddlers and Tiaras.”

My boys were running around the house yelling at each other: “Stupidhead! Dumbhead!” I hoped it would blow over.