Powerful Parenting Techniques
Posted in Parenting, Psychology, Spiritual Leadership, raising children on Jan 18th, 2010
One of our moms wrote a very heartfelt comment in response to our episode entitled “Hold the Fences”. Her daughter is 18, and wants to “run wild” a bit. She has tried to be a good parent and expressed that sometimes it feels like she has failed in her job as a parent.
The principle of [...]
Posted in Family, Protecting Children, Spiritual Leadership, teaching children on May 7th, 2009
What we say to our children can make a big difference in how they feel about themselves. Perhaps a more fundamental issue is what we have named them in our own mind. The name we choose for our kids, or ourselves for that matter, determines our reaction to them. If you have named your child [...]
Posted in Family, Parenting, Spiritual Leadership, raising children on Mar 17th, 2009
Today’s topic was triggered by a blog post from www.5minutesforparenting.com. Our son came home a while back with the following:
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift - that’s why they call it the present.
As we face all of the numerous and sometimes very convincing distractions that are in our lives, [...]
Posted in Family, Parenting, Spiritual Leadership, humor, raising children on Dec 23rd, 2008
Vicki and I were discussing this the other day in the car when we saw a billboard of John Schmidt, a local musician, who was lying on a piano bench playing the piano backwards and upside down. Too often as parents we squelch the creativity of our children by insisting that they do things the [...]
Posted in Family, Personal Development, Psychology, Spiritual Leadership, raising children, teaching children on Nov 25th, 2008
Today for the Parental Power call, the team discusses gratitude. Gratitude is one of the most powerful principles for protecting your paradigm, and teaching your kids appreciation. Dr. Jason also shares an historic quote from Abe Lincoln, who instituted the first Thanksgiving.
Posted in Family, Spiritual Leadership, teaching children on Nov 11th, 2008
Traditions are an important way to create connection, belonging, security, identity, and positive sentiment in children. Our discussion today focuses on some of the benefits of traditions within the home. I also want to point out the resources of one of our callers today - Danielle has created www.extraordinarymommy.com where you will find [...]
Posted in Family, Parenting, Psychology, Spiritual Leadership, raising children, teaching children on Oct 14th, 2008
Two seasoned clinicians (Dr. Jason Adams, and Craig Rollo, LMFT) join Dr. Paul today to talk about defiance. Consistency is a real key in creating an environment at home that is more cooperative and peaceful. Parents are there to help their kids learn how to get what they want in appropriate ways. [...]
Posted in Parenting, Psychology, Spiritual Leadership, raising children on Jul 8th, 2008
Today’s call was with Dr. Gary Nelson, the author of “A Relentless Hope: Surviving the Storm of Teen Depression”. I found this book to be personal and very informative, with a nice conversational tone. His story is based on his years of counseling experience, as well as his personal experiences with his son, [...]
Posted in Parenting, Personal Development, Spiritual Leadership, raising children, teaching children on Jun 3rd, 2008
Our children are going to learn about sex and sexuality somehow and somewhere. As we become more comfortable ourselves about this topic, and find ways to introduce and teach these concepts to our children, we do a huge service to them. As is the case with other topics we have discussed, it is [...]
Posted in Family, Spiritual Leadership, raising children on May 6th, 2008
In raising our children, a form of self deception that plagues some parents is seeing our kids as little extensions of ourselves. In the same way that you (as an adult) are a different and distinct person from either of your parents, your children are distinct people as well. Children are not half-baked [...]
