Connected Parenting offers expert advice and solutions for issues families deal with every day. Look for practical information you can use in the coming months on this blog.
Tantrums…they can be exhausting, frustrating and embarrassing. Especially when they happen in public, or in front of friends and family. As parents we spend a lot of time trying to avoid and defuse them. We find ourselves walking on egg shells, or giving in to...
Homework is one of the top five issues that constantly come up for parents and their children. The “homework meltdown” is a common event in homes, complete with tears, power struggles and yelling that can last well into the evening and carry over in the...
We are all born hardwired for how we handle anxiety, some of us are not anxious at all – some of us are very anxious. In addition to that hardwiring Life events and experiences push us up or down the continuum. Some anxiety is good safe choices but we want to...
Ahh the crazy routines of carpools, programs, homework and early morning scrambles. Living in the fast pace of trying to make everything run like clockwork, can be overwhelming. For many of us the tone of the day is set by the morning, a good morning can start the day...
Toys that mysteriously appear, money they have that you know you didn’t give them…every parent hates to think their child is stealing. The truth is it is not uncommon for children to steal, it does happen sometimes, and how you handle it can have a lot to...
Families in the fast lane The concept of over programming our children is something many parents are concerned about. Many of us worry about the loss of free time for kids as a loss of imagination and creativity. The pressure over-structured childhoods place on...
Lying is a tricky issue for parents. We tend to give our children black and white messages about it, but it is anything but black and white. We tell kids that lying is wrong–that no one will trust them if they don’t tell the truth, and that “honesty...
