Arguably one of the most difficult jobs of parenting is Correcting our Children with Care. It takes so much out of us physically as they are younger, …
Recovering from Big Feelings
I like to put my vulnerabilities out there, up front and center. I started this blog intending to write about building bounce with our children. …
RC’s, Validation, and Attunement… Oh My!
The title of this blog is aptly named because these concepts (relational circuits, validation, and attunement) were foreign to me, even as recently as …
Why Skin Color Matters
I remember my father-in-law asking me early in my marriage and parenting what I would do in the following situation. He had heard a story of this …
A Lesson on Loving Our Enemies
My oldest child was in an altercation at school not too long ago, attempting to defend a friend of his from someone else. It escalated quickly with …
Yellow Light: Slow Down
As I was recently reading a book my sister-in-law suggested, Are My Kids on Track, I came across a suggestion the author uses in his therapy practice …
Working on Our Own Healing
This has been a big year, for all of us. It’s been an interesting season in our household as my husband was furloughed the majority of the year, and I …
Capacity and Hybrid Homeschooling
We’re a couple of weeks into school in my home, and I finally have enough distance from the beginning of that to write about it. While my husband and …
