What are the consequences of uncertain parental decisions?
If you enter a parental decision with less than total confidence you will create more obstacles than you’ll solve. Download all the parenting tips.
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How can I make home life fun for my teen?
Be fun to live with. Teens might be hard to have in the home sometimes, but how easy are you to spend time with? Download all the parenting tips.
How do I help my child embrace their identity positively?
Speak into your child his or her identity. Tell them who they were when they were little and the positive aspects that they have carried with them from childhood. Download all the parenting tips.
Why should I be actively involved in my teen’s online life?
Be your kid’s friend on Facebook and make “friends” with as many of theirs as you can. Use the insight to speak into them. Download all the parenting tips.
Why is allowing natural consequences essential for my child’s growth?
Natural consequences teach responsibility and cause-and-effect better than any lecture. They are life’s own lessons, fostering resilience and better decision-making. Download all the parenting tips.
How can I help my teen discover and pursue their unique talents?
Do not expect your teen to be good at everything. Help them find where they add unique value to the world and watch their work ethic soar. Download all the parenting tips.
How can I maintain authenticity in all areas of my life to strengthen my family’s trust?
Be the same person in the home as outside of it lest your family sees you as a hypocrite and you lose influence and authority. Download all the parenting tips.
How do I support a teen who feels unworthy but pushes people away?
Teens who feel worthless will often play keep away” with the relationships that are actually the most important to them. “”” Download all the parenting tips.
How do I decide which issues are minor and not worth “majoring” on?
Do not “major” on minor issues. There are choices that each child makes that are not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of life! Download all the parenting tips.
Why is fearing the impact of my words and actions on my child counterproductive?
When we as parents believe that everything we say or do is of critical importance to the psychological makeup of our child, we become paralyzed in fear and doubt our own wisdom as adults. Download all the parenting tips.