by vbeaver | May 27, 2015 | Shared Parenting
What makes children/us lie? Sometimes we will lie to see if we can get away with it. If lying is met with a high energy response (yelling, anger or frustration), it reinforces the behavior. Remember, if children/we want or need attention, negative attention is...
by vbeaver | May 15, 2015 | Fun Parenting, Parenting Skills
How do I Show Empathy when I don’t Feel it? I get asked “how do I show empathy all the time.” One of the most common challenges for parents is how to feel empathetic when their child(ren) make mistakes. It can be challenging. It takes practice. When our energy is...
by vbeaver | Feb 27, 2015 | Parenting Skills, Relationships
What is Love? Love has so many meanings in the English language depending on the context. Wikipedia defines it as an emotion, virtue and a verb. It can be an affectionate feeling toward another living thing (I love my horse), a pleasurable feeling (I love that...
by vbeaver | Jan 16, 2015 | Parenting Skills, Relationships
Happy New Year! It is that time of year for new beginnings and a fresh start. A fresh start sometimes involves cleaning up past messes or mistakes. The mess may be disapproval of others, trying to control someone else or holding on to past hurts. Cleaning up...
by vbeaver | Dec 10, 2014 | Parenting Skills, Relationships
Happy Thanksgiving! How do we decide what gifts to buy for our children? It is that time of year again! The hustle and the bustle of finding just the right gift for the people we care about can be challenging. The best gift we can give is our time and attention. ...
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...
