When my firstborn son was three, he began acting defiant and out of sorts. What I saw then as a call for discipline I soon learned was a call for connection. He was telling me, through his actions, that he was feeling bad inside...
You’ve undoubtedly seen the memes that circle around social media. “I’m your parent not your friend” they say, and thousands of parents give their approving thumbs up. It’s also become a popular hashtag. Another thing I’ve seen around the web are...
Ah, a newborn in your arms—so sweet, so precious, such little bundle of joy! Everyone gushes over babies. They’re so innocent. Remember the first time you gazed into her eyes? Remember the first time your baby smiled, rolled over, and began...
In the rising sun, And in the shining moon. In the flower bud And inside the cocoon. In the eyes of your love, In the swelling womb. In a newborn’s cry and in the quiet room. In the tiny hand in yours, In the arms that hug you tight, And in...
Love sees the best in others. Love shows up night and day. It holds not one condition, It does not turn away. Love answers “here I am” When tears escape one’s eyes. It says, “I will help” When emotions start to rise...
Relational bullying. It hurts just as much, if not more, than outright physical bullying. Getting shoved into the lockers every day hurts. Getting excluded from a group who were your “friends” the day before, being gossiped about, having rumors...
There’s an excerpt from my book, The Newbie’s Guide to Positive Parenting, that has been around the world. It is my most widely seen quote to date, and also happens to be the most controversial because people misunderstand it without its...
Think about this. The people in our lives who look past our faults and see our beauty, the ones who still see the light in us during the times we feel only darkness, those are the people who save us from the depths of blackness. Those are the...
Time and again, I see and hear advice to ignore children who are in emotional distress. Those who both give and receive this advice do so with the best of intentions. They love children and believe it is in a child’s best interest to “train them...
“We were never meant to take care of children whose hearts we did not have, and that includes our teenagers. When they are not in right relationship with us, their instincts are to resist us, to oppose us, to shy away from us.” – Dr. Gordon...
Joy. I’m chasing it in 2017. Not just because I’m writing a book on it, which I am (stay tuned!) but because as I’m nearing closer and closer to 40 (in 2018) I feel a deep longing to surrender that which does not serve me so that I have...
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