Many parents are discovering, with months of quarantine, that their influence as a parent is eroding rather than improving. This is due to a failing strategy. The more challenging the child, the earlier the weaknesses in parenting begin to unfold.
Most parents are seeking help with changing a specific behavior or set of behavior problems. This is understandable, as the manifestation of problems inside the brain shows up as outside problems. Angry thoughts bring angry behavior. Depression brings detached, grumpy,
If your child is overweight or obese, it doesn’t take your pediatrician to confirm that this condition represents a major risk to their health and lifespan. It also threatens their happiness, their satisfaction in life, and ultimately their energy and
We work hard for months at a time, looking forward to a bit of calm and peace as we escape for a few days for spring break. Yet, often these peaceful moments are more fantasy than reality. More than once
Often, when things begin to unravel in our lives, our tendency is to worry and fret. If we do that long enough, this process turns into depressive thoughts and life gets even heavier. Our strategies tend to be ruminative and
The concept of resilience and three points on building and nurturing strength everyday with children...
Three steps on how to change the misery making in the process of blame, upsets, anger, frustration, and victimhood to effortless undermine happiness...
How to know if you have a losing strategy and why it is time to drop it and embrace the winning approaches. Here's why and how...
Three strategies that will help guide your children to a responsible attitude toward money...
A new series of articles, focused first on explaining the fundamentals of Terrific Parenting. These are the principles that allow you to build responsibility, nurture optimism and teach your children to enjoy the self-fulfilling rewards of right effort...