PARENTING IS ABOUT PARENTS, NOT KIDS Much of what I write about today, and in the following blogs, comes from the work of Hal Runkel, PhD, author of ScreamFree Parenting. I have had the great pleasure to spend a weekend training with Hal and his team in Atlanta, transforming not only how I view parenting [...]
THE CIRCLE OF SECURITY Ahhhh, parenting… wonderful, exciting, terrifying, confusing, and at times, difficult. Who among us has not struggled with decisions that we have made as parents, unruly toddlers, unpredictable tweens, rebellious teens, and the list goes on. Aptly put by John Wilmot when he declares “Before I got married I had six theories [...]
WHAT WE THINK AFFECTS HOW WE FEEL I've recently added a member to our family... a puppy. Although currently 6 months old, she weighs in at around 60 pounds and being a "Heinz 57", is a mix of Black Lab and German Shepherd... goofy and puppy-like much of the time, she can certainly look somewhat [...]