by Lara | Aug 4, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting
Why Sharing Power Matters The traditional family model for hundreds of years has been a “Power-Over” model. The parents hold the power; the kids learn to live and grow within that power structure; and one day the kids grow up to build their own family, in which they...
by Lara | Jul 7, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Community, Cooperative Games
Do you ever feel like life itself has turned into one big competition for our kids? As a parent, I find myself constantly pulling my kids’ focus away from “who’s better at XYZ.” I work to turn their attention to others and fight off the Me! Me! Me!...
by Andy Hooper | Jun 6, 2023 | Parenting Styles, Mindful Parenting, Alfred Adler, Raising Resilient Children
Andy Hooper has served on the board of Family Leadership Center since its founding in 2016. He and his wife, Susanna have two college-age children and, therefore, many honest, funny, and wisdom-filled stories to share on raising kids and living life to the fullest in...
by Lara | May 2, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Mindful Parenting, Alfred Adler
Imagine for a moment that you live in an alternate society. In this society, your home and community laws are determined solely by an all-powerful ruler that monitors everything you do, both day and night. The laws are fairly clear, but occasionally you find yourself...
by Lara | Apr 5, 2023 | Raising Resilient Children, Mindful Parenting, Dealing with Hard Things
Have You Tried The Woobles Yet? If you haven’t heard of them yet, you surely will soon. Crochet figurines (usually small animals) called amigurumi have been around for a long time. In July of 2020, The Woobles company started packaging the concept into all-inclusive...
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...
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