All posts tagged "parenting"

  • mom and daughter
    do you react or respond to your children?

    By Trisha Savoia. “The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.” ~Alfred Brendel. How you respond to your children, as well as your life, is dependent on the time, space, and pace you give...

    • Posted February 9, 2014
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  • noahshark
    parenting adolescence: a recovering control freak

    By Natalie Hughes, Editor in Chief. The absolute best and worst sentence I could have ever read on parental advice was: “If it’s not dangerous, unhealthy or morally wrong, let them do it.” ~Barbara Coloroso Well, it...

    • Posted February 4, 2014
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  • shame unravels connection
    are you using shame as a form of discipline?

    By Trisha Savoia. We are here for connection. And we especially want to feel connected with our children. We are happiest when we feel connected – to our spouse, to our children, to our friends, and to...

    • Posted January 27, 2014
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  • the big flop: teaching my child to fail

    By Natalie Hughes, Editor-in-Chief. For a few minutes after this mom/daughter interaction I’m about to detail for you took place, I didn’t even know if I was a Parent of the Year candidate or soon to be...

    • Posted January 13, 2014
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  • Parenting from Ego
    trisha savoia: are you parenting from ego?

    As parents your intention is always to be doing what is best for your children.  But even with the best of intentions our own past programming can take over, which may lead us to parent from the...

    • Posted December 9, 2013
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  • mom teaching son
    are we giving our kids enough space to grow?

    By Trisha Savoia. Typically I pride myself on trying to let my kids be who they are, but every once in a while they throw a few things my way to remind me that I still have...

    • Posted December 2, 2013
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  • letting go
    finally letting go of rigid expectations

    By Trisha Savoia. Part 3 in a series of 3. (click here for part 1 and part 2.)   Letting go of rigid expectations that are affecting you, your family, and those in your life unfortunately isn’t...

    • Posted November 26, 2013
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  • telloffkidsx
    do expectations of our children help or harm?

    By Trisha Savoia Part 2 in a series of 3 articles about Parenting with Love vs Unrealistic Expectations. Do Expectations Help or Harm? Expectations.  An innocent enough word, BUT can also be a very loaded word.  A...

    • Posted November 19, 2013
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  • how rigid expectations affect children
    parenting: rigid expectations versus love

    By Trisha Savoia.   As parents we’ve often been told that it’s important to set certain expectations for our children or risk having them be failures in life. …Okay, so the messages aren’t quite that bold, BUT...

    • Posted November 12, 2013
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  • mother talking with daughter bedroom lgn
    moms: how to have the “clothes talk” with your daughters

    By Priscilla Wainwright, Ph.D., CPC As Elyse Nelson Winger pointed out in her article “Clothes Talk” in Gather, our male-dominated media culture is sexually exploiting our Tween and Teen daughters at an increasingly alarming rate.    Not...

    • Posted November 4, 2013
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