How do you and your parenting partner team up to instill values in your children and inspire cooperation? If that’s not so easy to answer, do you find yourselves trying to prove who’s right…
Posts Published byRachel Skalr
Are you doing it right?
Feel like you’re in a constant power struggle with your son? Take it as a sign that your current strategies simply aren’t working. We’ve all been there. I’d love to help you shift your…
How does collaborating with your son solve big challenges?
Feel like you’re in a constant power struggle with your son? Take it as a sign that your current strategies simply aren’t working. We’ve all been there. I’d love to help you shift your…
Creating Micro-Connections
“Parenting Micro-Aggressions” are those little things we do throughout the day that knock our kids down a notch. “You didn’t do this!” “You did this wrong.” “Why would you do that?!” I teach my clients…
Am I “in control” or “being controlling”? How do I know the difference?
The difference depends on how your FEAR, ENERGY, and TRUST shape your parenting. Here’s how: 1. FEAR: When I’m in control of a situation, I might be afraid but I’m okay. I can handle it….
Are you putting pressure on yourself to impart wisdom?
Question: Does your eagerness to teach your son a lesson (like telling him why hitting is wrong) ever result in lectures that lose his attention entirely? We’ve all been there. It’s tricky. We feel pressure…
Are You Letting Your Son Learn From His Mistakes?
Here’s a story that shows how boys either learn from their mistakes or from our responses to their mistakes. Which do you think is better? Johnny threw his controller and broke it after he lost…
Are You A Sturdy Parent?
Your son needs YOU to be sturdy… that means you don’t waver in hard moments. You’re grounded when the wind blows and his emotions come crashing down. It’s hard, but important work for us as…
Being Fully Present With Your Child Is An Act Of Love
Being Fully Present With Your Child Is An Act Of Love I’ve been thinking about this idea a lot lately because it’s honestly very hard for me to be fully present with my children. …
2 Truths and a Lie: A great game for keeping kids engaged
I’ll never forget standing in line at Legoland for 45 minutes waiting for a 30-second thrill that my son was unwilling to pass up. He was bored out of his mind, but his strong will…