When Jonathan Haidt’s, The Anxious Generation appeared, I had mixed thoughts and strong feelings. So intense was my reaction I half-jokingly told my friends that I needed therapy to unpack it all. Not so much his message. To me, it makes sense that what kids spend most of their time … Read More
What We Attend to, We Tend to Tend
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again. A situation similar to the present hath not appeared since the days of Noah until now. The birthday of a new world is at hand.” ~ Tom Paine, 1775 With July 4th around the corner, I turn to … Read More
COVID Captivity: Heart Matters for Heartfelt Memories
Replace habitual reactions with this 3-part approach to set your heart free.
Still A Few Weeks of Summer Left, What’s on Your Agenda for Creating Memories?
The other day, I ordered a book via Amazon and saw they were vigorously advertising back to school specials. “Not yet!” I thought. Then yesterday, I received an Office Depot/Office Max flyer in the mail with, “Goodbuy Summer” on it. Groan! Why is it that the commercial culture uses these … Read More
A Systems Solution to Prevent School Shootings
14 school shootings have occurred across the United States so far in 2018. If they keep up at this rate throughout the year, they will more than double from 2017. We all must step up our game. As adults we have a huge responsibility to address this madness and put … Read More
When You Fall “Out of Like” with Your Child: Two Unique Ways to Re-Connect to Your Parental Love
Parental love is that unconditional love like no other. Fierce and tender, steadfast and amazingly self-sacrificing, this boundless beneficence gets us up early, to ready the family for the day, despite our flu symptoms, and keeps us up all night with feverish children—just a few of all manner of hellish … Read More
Parent Coaching: Powerfully Informs & Inspires
How do parents obtain relevant information about how to meet their children’s developmental needs and stay the course within an industry-generated culture that uses mass media and screen technologies to amplify misleading, even dangerous information, that leads them astray so quickly and so completely? OK, that’s a really long question. … Read More
Parent Coaching Resolves Media-Digital Dilemmas
Disclaimer: I believe parent coaching helps to solve/resolve any parenting challenge, not only media-digital dilemmas–that’s why I created the Parent Coach Certification® Training Program in 2000. I was, and still am convinced, that a coaching process holds the key to unlock and activate parenting strengths leading to greater confidence and … Read More
If You Know What, You’ll Figure Out How
A friend of mine once owned a beautiful statute of an elegant woman, serene and confident, expecting great things to come. She called this woman, “Clarity”. My friend died several years ago. But it seems like twenty minutes ago she introduced me to Clarity, telling me enthusiastically just how important … Read More