What does it look like to build bounce, or resilience, into our teens? Well, I am still raising my teens and developing my own resilience, so I don’t …
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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. …
Attuning With Our Teens
Parenting teenagers has been a HUGE learning curve for me. My own teen years were hard - I often felt unseen, misunderstood, and alone. As a mom, more …
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 …
Gracefully Challenging Our Kids
Last time I shared about the importance of helping our kids mature and learn to do hard things. The follow up question usually is: how do I know …
Knowing What to Do as a Parent
Do you ever feel like you should know what to do by now with your children? Are you feeling frustrated with yourself that you feel confused about how …
I Love You Enough to Correct You
Recently our youngest son Andrew (7) acted out with some behavior issues. These were times when I knew he understood what was asked of him. He heard …
A Gentle Response
Smiles and Snuggles instead of Fury and Frowns My boys woke up this morning and found me for a few moments of snuggles. It was an incredibly sweet …
