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Raising Independent Kids Without Losing Connection
This Fourth of July, while fireworks light up the sky, many parents are quietly wrestling with a different kind of independence – thinking about raising independent kids, the everyday moments when our kids and teens push for more freedom than we feel ready to give them. From wanting to walk to a friend’s house alone…
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You Teach Your Kids to Forgive. Have You Forgiven Yourself?
We talk about forgiveness constantly in parenting. Teaching our kids to forgive a sibling. Modeling forgiveness after a friend’s mistake. Showing them that relationships can survive conflict. But there is one form of forgiveness most conscious parents never practice, and it is the one that matters most. Forgiving ourselves. For the moments we lost our…
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Honoring the Fathers, the Father Figures, and Everyone Who Shows Up
Happy Father’s Day! Today we pause to honor fathers. And we also want to hold space for what this day means in its many forms. For some, today is a celebration of a father who has been steady and present. Others may find themselves honoring a stepfather, a grandfather, an uncle, a mentor, or a…
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Screen Time Boundaries for Kids: Setting Summer Rules Before the Meltdowns Start
Summer is almost here. And with it comes one of the most common questions I hear from parents every single year: how do we set screen time boundaries for kids before the battles begin? School ends. Structure disappears. And within days, kids gravitate toward screens. Parents feel guilty about allowing it. What starts as a…
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Is Your Home Emotionally Safe? What Every Conscious Parent Needs to Know
What if home was the one place your child never had to hide? This month I have been thinking about what it really means to build emotional safety for children at home. Not physical safety. Emotional safety. A place where your child can walk in the door and exhale. Where they don’t have to perform,…
A 3xTEDx speaker, media contributor, parenting coach, and a mom of two – helping families thrive by using the Guidance Approach to Parenting.