by Lara | Jun 30, 2022 | Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting, Raising Resilient Children, Handling Misbehavior
The Swim Meet Incident It was one of those cringe-y times in parenting. Last week, my 9-year-old son crossed the line and got himself into trouble. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say he got kicked out of his swim meet for taking a dare. The dare...
by Paige Trevor | May 4, 2022 | Raising Resilient Children, Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting
Children have their own mountain to climb… Have we accidentally found ourselves in the terrain of parenting our younger self instead of the actual child that lives in our house? Were we asked to grow up too soon, do too much, and perhaps even parent our own parents?...
by Marjie | May 4, 2022 | Parenting Styles, Newsletter, Community, Alfred Adler
A friend and I were recently thinking together about some challenges. We noticed how our line of reasoning started to sound something like: “If only __(insert stressful situation here)__ wasn’t happening. Then, I’d be able to relax, find my peace, and be a...
by Marjie | Apr 5, 2022 | Mindful Parenting, Teens, Raising Resilient Children, Parenting Styles
When a news commentator claimed that the (then 15-year old) Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, was simply the puppet of her parent’s agenda, another wryly noted, clearly this commentator never raised a teen! Teens. What comes to mind when you think...
by Lara | Mar 7, 2022 | Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting, Community, Alfred Adler
Raising children is a path that millions have walked before and millions more will walk in the future. So, shouldn’t parenting feel like being part of a big club? Yet, sometimes our individual parenting journeys can make us feel all alone and isolated, especially when...
by Louisa Longshore | Jun 21, 2018 | Parenting Styles, Family Meeting
The Democratic/Adlerian parenting style, the secret sauce for world peace. Why? It teaches parents and kids how to listen to each other and share from their hearts. Humans are so good at talking, we waste words and don’t listen. Every good politician, lawmaker, or...
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