Toddlers (0-4)

Why do we cater to our stresses and forget to choose calmness? After all, calmness is the only state where we truly feel safe and empowered.... more

Creating quality, loving family relationships requires discerning between what actions are really quality and what actions are nothing more than conformity to social norms. Creating these quality rela... more

Much emotional agony is avoided and more relationship healing is possible when a person learns to listen with love. There were two similar conversations that had very different results.... more

As I held my 15-year-old son’s hand and watched the magic of Christmas unfold around me with lights and nativity displays at the city center, I felt that date with my son was a parent’s dream come true.... more

During this time of year when there are lists of things to do and places to go, don’t forget this one simple truth: people are more important than things.... more

One day my father told me something so profound that it literally changed my social life and my personal empowerment forever.... more

Recently, while texting with my oldest son, he asked, “Hey, what do you want for Mother’s Day?”... more

In an ideal world, children would dutifully do their chores not only as effectively as Mom or Dad would do them, but also without delay.... more

“If our society is coming apart at the seams, it is because the tailor and the seamstress in the home are not producing the kind of stitching that will hold under stress.... more

I once heard from a mother who was struggling with her three-year-old. The girl didn’t take “No” answers well, even when they practiced. When she earned a consequence she either wouldn’tdo the chore or... more