Tag Archives: great parenting

What do your kids really need from you? Is it to have a nice house and a day full of activities? Is it to have healthy food and holiday celebrations? Is it to have regular vacations and nice clothes? Is it to have new technology and spending money? This is …

Face it, and the studies prove it, we overparent our kids. We tell more than ask, direct more than discuss and control more than guide. Maybe it is our scary world that makes us this way (we feel we have to keep our kids safe). Maybe we are just like …

I am sure you have heard some of these: “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?” “Stop crying or I’ll really give you something to cry about!” “Wait until your father get’s home!”  “Eat the things on your plate – you are lucky to have food. …