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What Are You Shouting To Your Kids?

January 27, 2010
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What do your children really see when they watch you? Is it what we believe we are presenting or saying, or something completely different?

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Encourage Honesty – Not Evasion Tactics

October 10, 2009
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From Screamfree Parenting by Hal Runkel
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.” – Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
Kids are remarkably perceptive creatures. Even infants pick up [...]

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Letting the chips fall just might surprise you!

October 1, 2009
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I have a story to share with you from a mom who I coached nearly 9 months ago.  She sent me a message on Facebook the other day and told me her dilemma….. her son left that morning for school and ended up forgetting his soccer cleats for the big game after school.  Now for [...]

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