What Kids Need: Planning Skills

Kids and Planning Skills We often do this for our kids, but do you teach your young person how to plan?  In a national survey, nearly half of all the kids surveyed said they need help planning.  One approach that has been quite successful is that of a family meeting. ...

Building Trust

Building Trust One of the biggest compliments you can receive is someone saying, “I can count on you.”  That means that they trust you, that you will be there when they need you.  What a fantastic accolade that you earn by being fully present every day. It...

Setting Boundaries and Limits

Setting Boundaries and Limits One of the most challenging assignments of being a parent is helping our kids learn to set boundaries and limits to help them guide themselves in a variety of circumstances.  It is the one part that neither the child nor the parent enjoys...

What Kids Need: A Family with Love

What Kids Need: A Family with Love Number one with kids is a family that expresses love for each other.  That makes for a comfortable and cozy place to be themselves that is peaceful.  There is nothing like it and nothing that will replace such a protective cocoon for...

What Kids Need: Parental Boundaries

What Kids Need: Parental Boundaries It doesn’t take very long for kids to learn that they can break the rules without consequences.  Parents help kids learn self-discipline and self-control when they set boundaries in the home and enforce them.  As a high school...