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Dear Katherine: I’m Nervous About Being Judged This Holiday Season
Dear Katherine, It’s our first holiday season since joining the Conscious Parenting Revolution, and I’m nervous about how my extended family will react to our new parenting style. We’ll be spending Christmas with a large group, and I’m concerned that other family members’ tendency toward authoritarian discipline will confuse my children or undo some of…
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A Thanksgiving Message About Community
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Parenthood gives us so much to be grateful for every day—even in its most challenging moments. Feeling gratitude is important, especially at this time of year. But at Thanksgiving, I find myself thinking about another core value that ties into this holiday… Community. Thanksgiving is a celebration of our…
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Parenting Rage is Real — Here’s How to Manage It
Can you relate to this scenario? You wake up and spend 30 minutes coaxing your kid to get dressed for school while you rush to get ready for work. They fight with you over what they want to wear, insisting on the same blue shirt they’ve worn every day this week. You finally make it…
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How Do You Parent a Strong-Willed Child?
Some kids are just easier than others. They appear to come out of the womb knowing how to say “please” and “thank you.” They rarely cause any trouble. They never make a scene in public. They do whatever their parents ask of them. As much as you may dream of having a child who fits…
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Thank You for the Parenting Work You Do
Happy Labor Day! We commemorate the American labor movement every year on the first Monday of September. On this day, we acknowledge and celebrate workers across all industries. Whether you work outside the house or you stay at home to care for your children, you deserve recognition for doing the hardest job in the world:…
A 3xTEDx speaker, media contributor, parenting coach, and a mom of two – helping families thrive by using the Guidance Approach to Parenting.