Creating Choices for Your Child

One thing I believe wholeheartedly is that we ALWAYS have choices.  In any given situation there is usually more than one option to choose from. Granted, those options may not be preferable, or even comfortable, but there are always multiple options to choose...

Building and Maintaining Your Marital Friendship

Wouldn’t it be great to marry your best friend? In a world that’s mired with divorce, affairs and couples choosing to stay together ‘for the kids’ sake’, is it possible to turn things around? Can we — starting with you and your...

Four Goals of Misbehavior

Parents, teachers, and adults working with children can often feel baffled at the misbehavior of their kids. Sometimes it seems poor behavior is unstoppable, even with the best interventions. And perhaps most difficult, that misbehavior can really push the buttons of...

Raising Emotionally Aware Children

Remember the old admonishment, “Do what I say, not what I do.”  This was the family motto in our home!  Perhaps your parents said this to you at one time and, conceivably, you have even heard yourself say it to your children. I heard it often...