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Boosting Your Child’s Self-Worth
Are you wondering how to repair a broken relationship with your daughter? I’m a big proponent of boosting Self-Worth; self-esteem, not so much. Read Self-Worth Versus Self-Esteem to better understand my reasons. Think of Self-Worth as being a pound cake, and self-esteem as being a dusting of powdered sugar on ...
Self-Worth Versus Self-Esteem
March marks the one-year mark for the pandemic lockdown. Congratulations for making it through a very difficult time. If you’re old enough to be reading this, you may still be waiting for “normal” to return so that you can return to feeling better about yourself or your situation. Stop waiting! ...
Free Connecticut Fun
This week I came across a parent requesting the names of Connecticut “museums or the like” that have free or discounted days. (I’ve alphabetized the responses below.) There were 30+ responses. Is that a great example of reaching out for support – and receiving it? Instead of parenting like you’re ...
Talk About Teens (Part 2): Make Summer Count
Talk About Teens (Part 2): Make Summer Count Your Summer Transition to High School Looking for a way to really connect with your tween or teen over the summer? It just so happens that I have a dozen or so ideas, and I share them in the second installment of ...
6 Steps For Improving Your Relationship With Your Daughter
The relationship with her mother is the most important female bond in a daughter’s life. She needs it because children are too heavily influenced by media and young friends, especially if their relationship with their parents is strained or volatile. They need you to provide balance with the world.your relationship ...
Talk About Teens (Part 1): Let’s Talk Teens
Talk About Teens (Part 1): Let's Talk Teens How To Maximize Learning Styles Learning Styles are so ridiculously unappreciated… and they shouldn’t be! Your go-to Learning Style is responsible for … the way you take in informationthe way you process informationthe way you understand the worldthe way you conduct relationshipsthe ...
To Compare, Or Not To Compare… That’s the Academic Question
Children are wondrous Works-In-Progress. The way they grow and develop is nothing short of a miracle. The biggest error we make, and the gravest injustice to our kids, is to compare them to others. We all do it. We can’t help ourselves because that’s the way we were raised. We ...
How To Help Your Kids Cope With Reality
*Shared with permission from "First Time Parent Magazine. PDF DownloadDownload ...
30 Ways To Make Your Kid Smarter
What kind of future do you envision for that preschooler who is trying to get you to taste a mud pie? Chef? Entrepreneur? Scholar? I hope you’re not waiting to see how smart your well-meaning mini-me is, because that’s not how it works. Smart isn’t what you are. Smart is ...
