Connecting With Your Kids: How to Find the Open Doors
The four boy tuck-in routine can be exhausting. Our four-year old is the most challenging of any of our kids at bedtime, and by the time…
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When feeling bad about ourselves makes us parent badly.
One thing is certain: When we’re feeling down on ourselves, it will affect our parenting. We simply cannot be our best self when we are preoccupied…
The Benefits of Being a Relaxed Parent
I hate to ruin any dreamy notions you may have about my life, but I’ve gotta tell you: Things get stressful in my home, too….
Stop the Fighting! A Little Help for Sibling Squabbles.
SIBLING SQUABBLING….If I could give you one easy solution to end sibling squabbles, I’d be a millionaire tomorrow. But unfortunately, fighting among siblings is an age-old problem. It…
The Four Stages of a Healthy Relationship with Your Kids.
Every parent hopes to have a healthy relationship with their kids, yet I hear from a lot of parents who are struggling to connect with…
Targeting Character Issues in Teens
When it comes to parenting, there is nothing I care more about than character. And thankfully, I don’t think I’m alone in this. Yesterday on my…
A Chore System, and Money Management for Kids
I hear from a lot of families who struggle to find a simple AND effective system for getting their kids to do chores consistently. We would…
8 Things Teenagers Will Appreciate (even if they don’t admit it)
Dearest parents of teenagers: Let’s begin with a big deep breath, shall we? (I sensed we needed that.) (Or was it just me?) I hear…
3 of the Most Important Parts of Parenting (That aren’t Really about “Parenting”)
We like to talk about parenting around here. There’s something satisfying about learning new tips and tricks and adding fresh methods to our parenting tool…
The Anger-Lecture Habit in Parenting: My Struggle and How I’m Trying to Change it.
Anger in parenting and how we can change it This is my story of struggling with anger in my parenting journey. I write it to encourage anyone…
No Regrets
Just before I went to bed last night, Josiah ran out to get a book he had left in the car…He came in and said,…
Birth Order: What Firstborns Need Most from their Parents
A simple walk through the Swanson household would make for an easy object lesson in birth-order. You start in the front of the house with…
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