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The Parenting Summit is Open for Free Registration!

After a gestation period of over 6 months, the site is up, the speakers are confirmed, and registration is open! Click here if you want to register right away, or read on to find out more. You won’t want to miss this free online event. I’ve spent months finding speakers to cover a wide range [...]

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Meeting Lisa Nichols, Star of The Secret, on a Friday Night; Gifts of Love We Can Give to Our Children!

Last night, as I gathered with my friends prior to the teleseminar conference I’m at, Lisa Nichols, star of The Secret, walked in. I had called her office earlier in the week to ask her to be on The Parenting Summit that starts in 2 weeks. She does amazing work with teens, and has her [...]

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Drum Roll Please…. Soon The Parenting Summit – Middle School Edition Site Will Be Live!

I’ve been having a great time working on the details for TheParentingSummit.com! The big picture has been in development since last fall, but booking the experts, finding the sponsors and getting the website up has taken a lot of time. Like parenting, going from gestation to launch is a big job! Okay, I’ll admit it, [...]

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14 Gifts of Love that You Give to Your Children

Love is committing ourselves to becoming better people for the sake of our children. Love is being patient with them and with ourselves as we slowly or quickly move towards making our intentions a reality. Love is getting up early to exercise, finding time at lunch or finding time in the evening because we know [...]

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Child Development: Teaching Them to Share and Become More Empathetic

I’ve been writing a lot lately about the power of Jennifer Kolari’s parenting work. She has taught me a lot about how to connect with my kids and work through major issues such as sibling rivalry, anxiety and behavioral issues. Last Saturday, a long-standing source of problems with the kids sharing was resolved, and along [...]

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Top 10 Parenting Experts in 2009!

Over the last decade as a parenting educator and coach, it has been an honor for me to work with and learn from so many excellent parenting experts. With so much information overload, and so many parenting experts, it can be difficult for parents to know where to start! To help you out, I want [...]

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Great Gift Idea that Requires no Purchases, and Will Be the Most Cherished Gift that Most People Receive!

My friend Kelly Rudolph created a powerful way to connect with our loved ones in a very meaningful way this Christmas. I’m attaching the linkĀ  here to her 24 minute long audio that discusses her brilliant idea for a free gift we can give that could be the most meaningful gift our loved ones receive. [...]

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The Power of Tears: Nature’s Maturation Ally

Many parents have no idea how much power tears have in helping their kids become resilient, competent people. When my children were young I had the good fortune to learn about this important psychological ally from Dr. Gordon Neufeld, best-selling author of Hold on to Your Kids. Instead of trying to get my kids to [...]

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Sibling Rivalry and The Power of Parents to Diffuse It Through Patience and Vision

Patience is natural to those who trust. ~ Course in Miracles I have this quote on my bathroom wall. This morning when I saw it after the kids had left for school, I reflected on how much my dramatic increase in patience over the last decade, has improved my parenting and family life. Instead of [...]

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The Dark-Side of Popularity and the Inverse Link with Long-Term Success

Are popular kids more likely to be successful or less than their peers? I found the answer in a book by Marti Olsen Laney about introverts, called The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child. Many very successful adults are introverts, and in her book she talks about how this personality style differs from extroverts. She [...]

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