Denise Duffield-Thomas shares with us the importance of identifying and facing your “money blocks” as well as the top 3 blocks women tend to have and how to work through them to find financial success!
These past 12 months have tested us so many of us in so many ways, we lost count at #5,627. However, through all the ups and downs we have learned a lot this past year. A lot about the rules in our houses, how our kids get along (or don’t), what we really need for ourselves outside of our families, and life hacks Brie was fighting out of pure stubbornness!
We teach our kids how to be nice to others and what it means to be a good friend, but we rarely spend as much time teaching our kids how to talk to others with disabilities. Now is the time to normalize the conversation about disabilities.
You’ve tried everything and nothing is working with the misbehaviors! Why won’t they listen? Why isn’t it working? We hate to tell you this, but you’re probably sabotaging things.
Here are the 3 biggest mistakes parents make that are sabotaging their discipline at home, how you can stop doing them, and what to do instead to fix it.
Ron Liber shares with us some tips to help squash that guilt tied to whether or not we can pay for college while acknowledging the roles that fear, guilt, and elitism play in the current higher education environment and how those things affect our thoughts and actions as parents.
Too often, we fall into the trap of punishing our kids in the heat of the moment after something’s happened. But that hardly ever works. Here, we’ll discuss the difference between logical consequences and punishments, as well as how to make effective logical consequences that will have a positive impact on your discipline at home.
Addiction is a difficult subject to navigate with your kids. And in families with a significant track record of substance addiction, parents face additional challenges when it comes to educating their children about drugs and alcohol.
Jessica Lahey shares her research and personal stories about addiction, kids, and how we can best guard our kids against addiction.
We all feel stressed when our kids can’t focus…3 easy steps to help your kid focus on projects…When these are used, school projects will be so easy and stress free for you and your kids.
Do you take one look at your house and get so overwhelmed by the task of getting it picked up and organized that you just want to crawl back into bed and turn on Netflix to escape adulting?
We hear you!
You will find these 3 easy ways to get organized at home simple and helpful.
We all know what it feels like when the whining won’t stop. It’s like this weed that keeps growing no matter what we do to stop it. We have 3 things you need to stop doing right now to nip those behaviors in the bud!
Mean kids. They’re everywhere.
Let’s face it. These kids who tease aren’t horrible human beings (although our mama bear senses want to say they are), they just lack social skills.
So if we want our kids to avoid these mean kids and seek out positive relationships, we as parents, need to teach them social skills.
We all get into arguments with our kids that make us feel stressed and anxious. But how do we get out of that and move on to a solution with our kids? We give easy calm down strategies for your and your kids. You both will be able to cool down in no time flat!
These tips are perfect for parents and kids!
It can be hard finding your authentic self when we put so much energy into our family every day. It becomes so difficult to untangle where your identity ends and your identity as a parent begins (news flash- they are different)! We’re going to share 3 things you can do to have healthy boundaries with our kids and family and help you find your authentic self.
It’s hard enough when you are trying to pick a place to go out to eat and no one is on the same page, but when you and your partner or co-parent aren’t on the same page…it can be downright agonizing! We discuss with Amy how parents can identify what the real issue is causing their parenting struggles and how to best get on the same page and become a united front.
When you have anxiety, you feel like you’re all alone. But you’re not.
Here are 5 tips to cope with the anxiety we feel as moms.
Every day feels like a fight. Whether you ask your kids to pick up their shoes off the floor, to go get dressed for school, or simply to come join the family for dinner. It often feels like our kids simply don’t listen to us! But if we did just 3 simple things, we would see much different results.
Want to stop yelling at home? You’re not alone. Some of us grew up in ultra loud households where raised voices were just the normal…
When it comes to parenting, so many of us want to raise “good kids”. Kids who will be kind to others, who can problem solve, kids who truly understand and act out of compassion, and who understand inclusivity, justice, and equality. But there is often a space between raising “good kids” and raising pro-justice kids. That’s where the concept of Social Justice Parenting comes in.
Have you ever thought that being a parent should carry some training? How about spy training? I mean, who doesn’t want to learn how to parent like a spy? Meet Christina Hillsberg, former CIA agent and author who shares how her training as a spy has influenced her parenting with her 5 kids.
Do you wonder how to teach good coping skills to your kids? We talk with Janine Halloran, LMHC, about everything parents should and shouldn’t do when learning and teaching good coping skills to kids.
We share our thoughts on motherhood, the ups and downs of it all, and 3 essential tips on how to reclaim your joy as a mom during those rough days in parenting.
Why do so many of us feel a little squeamish when we even think about talking with our kids about sex? But it doesn’t need to and we have the answers.