by Lara | Feb 2, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting
What does a musical theater production have to do with love? Well, I was about seven years old, and it was the setting for one of my earliest memories of my parents as a couple. In other words, it had dawned on me for the first time (at least consciously) that they...
by Lara | Jan 4, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting
I was a scant six months into the journey of parenthood with my first child. All the blogs, books, and fellow playgroup mommies were telling us it was time to sleep train, so we did. We bought Sleeping Through the Night, a respectable and useful text on achieving the...
by Lara | Dec 2, 2022 | Mindful Parenting, Alfred Adler
I love the holidays! I spend the entire month of December planning fun experiences, making the house look festive, setting up fun activities… And every year I find myself fretting over how to make sure I’m cultivating a spirit of gratitude and giving in my family....
by Lara | Nov 1, 2022 | Raising Resilient Children, Handling Misbehavior, Dealing with Hard Things
I don’t know if it’s the same in your community, but this year, the floodgates seemed to have reopened on kid-friendly October activities around here. Every Fall Festival, Halloween hoe-down, and birthday party imaginable seems to have happened this past month. ...
by Lara | Sep 2, 2022 | Dealing with Hard Things, Raising Resilient Children, Mindful Parenting
It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeeeear! Welcome to Back-to-School season. Regardless of which day you start the 2022-2023 school year, any parent who’s been here can attest – it’s a time of change, new horizons, and oftentimes…worry. Backing Them vs....
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