One of the first things I like to talk about in coaching sessions is to challenge my clients to shift to verbally reflecting the child's...

Your needs as a parent, teacher, spouse, friend–your needs matter too, and it is okay to say no!  But how we say no can be the difference...

One way we can proactively equalize is by pretending to be confused, startled, exasperated, outraged, embarrassed, etc, but playfully,...

When my kids were 12 and 15, we were approved to become an unrestricted foster home for teens 12 and up through DCF.  When we received...

When I discovered Parent Effectiveness Training in 2016, a collaborative parenting system founded by Thomas Gordon (at around the same...

What decisions do we really need to make for our kids? So many decisions we think are necessary as parents are in actuality fear based:...