by vbeaver | Nov 19, 2014 | Parenting Skills, Shared Parenting
8 Steps to Helping Children that have Been Bullied Bullying isn’t just about hitting. It can be verbal mistreatment, intentional exclusion or manipulation. Sometimes people that feel like they are not “good enough,” say and do hurtful things. They feel like they...
by vbeaver | Oct 23, 2014 | Fun Parenting
How to Have Fun Parenting As parents, we either forget or we never knew how important it is to take care of ourselves in a loving and compassionate way with boundaries. In order to take care of others, we must take care of ourselves. Like on an airplane, the...
by vbeaver | Sep 21, 2014 | Parenting Skills
Why using Empathy helps Teach Responsibility Children learn responsibility when they are allowed to make mistakes. Empathy allows us to hold children accountable without anger, threats or sarcasm. Most people learn through conditioning whether it is through...
by vbeaver | Jun 29, 2014 | Fun Parenting
What is parenting all about? Loving unconditionally? Providing a safe place for our children to grow and learn? Passing along our values and being there for our children when they have trials and tribulations? I would say all of the above and much, much more! It...
by vbeaver | Jun 15, 2014 | Parenting Skills
How to Turn a Mistake into a Learning Experience “Every childhood mistake handled well can become a learning experience. Every childhood mistake handled poorly can become the source of resentment.” Dr. Foster Cline Imagine that you are a ten year old boy and you did a...