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Tips on Parenting: Are You Doing The Stitch in Time that Saves Nine?

In this series of tips on parenting, I have to add one that I see very commonly, with sometimes tragic consequences. As a parenting coach and educator, I always feel sad when a parent approaches me whose kids are already in major trouble. These parents care about their kids, but for whatever reason, they didn’t [...]

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Tips on Parenting; The Surprising Power and Importance of Tears

Tips on Parenting; The Surprising Power and Importance of Tears

One of the most powerful tips on parenting I learned 10 years ago when my kids were toddlers, was the power that tears in helping your kids become resilient, successful and happy adults. In so many ways psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld, best-selling author of Hold on to Your Kids, was ahead of his time. His [...]

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Tips on Parenting: One of the Most Critical Things Parents MUST Do to be a Great Parent

My passion is parenting help because my life has been transformed from all the help with parenting I’ve received. Without meaning to, I began parenting way too hard on myself, my kids and my husband. I battled depression, anxiety and rage because of my unrealistic expectations of myself. The harder I was on my own [...]

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Tips on Parenting – Two Profound Questions that Can Change Your Family’s Life

We all want to be the best parents possible, yet sometimes it is hard to find the time and energy to do what we feel we must do as parents. What if I told you there are two simple questions that have transformed parents’ lives, and can transform yours too, just by asking them? Sometimes [...]

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Tips on Parenting: Children and TV, How Much is Too Much?

When our children are born, we gaze into their eyes and vow to be the best parent possible. Yet the daily grind and routine can wear us down so that years, if not months later we often are stuck in the mundane. That can lead to big problems with children and tv, as well as [...]

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Top Tips on Parenting for Happier, More Successful Families; Create A Family Bucket List for 2011!

Would you like to know one of my top tips on parenting for the year? This tip is powerful for parenting teenage kids or toddlers. It will also make disciplining teenagers and disciplining toddlers that much more effective , and easier. We all want to leave our children with powerful, cherished memories of their childhood. [...]

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More Great Interviews! Thrive after Divorce and Parenting the Lefkoe Way

What will your children’s lives look like if you take part in the Great Parenting Show? How will your family change now and in the future because you took the time to listen to these free interviews? I don’t know the answer for you but many listeners have shared how transformational the series has been [...]

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Tips on Parenting – Imperfection is Great Parenting

Striving to be super mom has a powerful dark side, that includes angry moms, depressed and anxious moms, who are raising children without being able to meet their needs. The women who pull off a super mom image are those who are more realistic in their expectations of themselves, and more unconditional in their self-love and love for their family.

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Tips on Parenting: What Do Your Children Really Need, and Want, Even if They Won’t Admit it?

Your kids need a powerful connection with you and/or another loving adult. Powerful connections to other kids are nice, but other kids cannot give your child the unconditional love and mature guidance that they need. In that sense, love is almost all our children need , but that love has to get through. Too many [...]

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