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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The Rich Benefits for Your Family of Working in a Business Together

Are you one of the many people who operate one or more family businesses? If so, you have a wonderful tool for connecting more with your kids, while teaching them some of the life skills they need to learn. Many parents don’t involve their children near as much as they could, partly because they don’t [...]

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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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The Parenting Summit, Oprah’s Powerful Show and Kellie Frazier’s Response

I’ve been very busy putting together details for The Parenting Summit! I have expert authors  lined up such as Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks (http://Hendricks.com ) and Jennifer Kolari (http://connectedparenting.com )I have experts on blended families (Shirley Dudley), Internet and personal safety (Kelly Rudolph http://PositiveWomenRock.com ) and spiritual parenting (Kellie Frazier http://kelliefrazier.com ). I wanted to take [...]

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Love is Not Enough, Especially if It Doesn’t Get Through: Learn to Connect with Your Kids

When my daughter is angry, I can have a tough time connecting emotionally with her. I want to, because I believe all the research and experts who say that it will help them mature, as well as become more resilient and effective problem solvers.  I’ve read tons of great books on the importance of a [...]

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What You Can Do to Encourage Independence for Tweens – by Suzanna Narducci

The ultimate goal of parenting is to raise mature, self-confident, competent young adults.  The road to independence, however, is tricky especially during the adolescent years.  Parents are constantly challenged to figure out how much autonomy is appropriate for their tweens.  While it is important for tweens to have experiences that help them gain confidence through [...]

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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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Behavior Issues and Their Underlying Causes – Insights from Jennifer Kolari’s Book Connected Parenting

When I first read Jennifer Kolari’s book, Connected Parenting , I skipped the chapter on Strategies for the Anxious or Special-needs Child. My specialty as a parent coach has not been special-needs kids, and I didn’t think my kids qualified as anxious either. However I recently reread her book in order to prepare for our [...]

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Tips on Parenting: 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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