We’ve been talking about getting clear about what you want, what kind of parent you want to be, how you want to move through the world, caring for your own health and well-being, ways to be completely and joyously YOU. Today we are going to incorporate all of that, with a twist. In your quiet [...]
Did you know that when you talk about stress, it’s important to consider nurturing your spirit and cultivating your spiritual life? Connecting with your heart and with God is crucial to health and resilience. Douglas Steere, a Quaker teacher has said, “The ancient human question ‘Who am I?’ leads inevitably to the equally important question [...]
We all know you can’t choose your relatives – or can you? Perhaps you have some folks that are eerily similar to the Tates hanging from your family tree.
Dictate rules with an iron fist and brooks no dissent. It’s his way or the highway.
Agitate loves to stir the pot. If there’s no drama, [...]
One of the finest things we can do for each other is to listen. One of my professors called it “paying exquisite close attention”. Most of us would say that we’re pretty good listeners – and that our friends are generally good listeners. They will stay quiet and be objective. Yet, sometimes – when we [...]
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“The United States Treasury Department has a special group of people whose job it is to track down counterfeiters. Naturally, these people need to know a counterfeit bill when they see it. How do they learn to identify fake bills? Oddly enough, they are not trained by spending hours examining counterfeit money. Rather, they study [...]
Physical touch is an emotional communicator to our children. We know that babies who are cared for but not cuddled and held, develop physically but don’t thrive emotionally. If your young child requires lots of touching, hugging, and physical closeness, he is communicating how he wants to be loved. If your teenager is a toucher, [...]
We do dozens of acts of service for our kids every day. Feeding, bathing, dressing, laundry, chauffeuring, tutoring – the list is long and varied. For some kids those acts speak love. If your child expresses appreciation for the day to day acts of service, he is letting you know that you are filling his [...]
“We all want to give our children good things and many of us are able to do more for our children than our parents were able to do. Overindulging is never good and, in general, unless your child’s language is receiving gifts, buying things will not meet emotional needs. If you give gifts that are [...]
Quality Time
This means giving our kids our undivided attention. Get down on the floor. Play. Do what THEY love to do. As they get older, don’t stop – jump into their interests and activities. “Many adults, looking back on childhood, don’t remember much of what their parents said, but they do remember what they did. [...]
