Drivers License - parenting teens
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How do you parent your kid when they no longer need you for everything? How can you start to hand over responsibility?
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How to set tech boundaries for your kids
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It’s not a question of whether or not you should help your kids have boundaries with technology, but how. In our ever-changing landscape of new devices, apps, and ways to explore online, this article lays out some principles to help guide you through the challenges of parenting.
Read More“You can tell me anything” – Earning your child’s trust
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Parents want their kids to be able to tell them anything? But how do we earn the trust needed for them to feel comfortable doing so? This short article gives some practical advice for building trust.
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2 Simple Parenting Skills
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How can you parent your children well? These two skills may seem simple, but they’re not always easy.
Read More7 tips for happier Holidays
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The holidays have potential for great joy and great dread. Here are 7 tips to help make the holidays work for you.
Read MoreHow to Know Your Child's Learning Style
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Every child learns best in their own unique way. Here is a guide to help you understand your child's learning style, so that you can do your best to meet their particular educational needs.
Read MoreFree Play for your Child's Health (and your sanity)
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Too much activity has been proven to be detrimental for children. So, how do we set up enough time for our children to engage in a healthy amount of free play?
Read MoreLove life, when loving's hard
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Why is loving so hard? How come marriage is so painful? How can you get past the pain?
Read More5 New Ways to Say Good Morning
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How can you break the morning routine in order to connect with the people you love? Here are 5 simple ways to enhance your relationships at the start of the day.
Read MoreBringing Home Baby - 5 ways to prepare your children for their new sibling
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Bringing a newborn home is no small feat. Add to that the stress of helping your children adjust to their new sibling. Here are 5 ways you can make that transition easier and more enjoyable.
Read MorePreparing Your Child for Summer Camp
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Summer camp often brings up fears and anxieties along with the excitement of our kids. Here are tips to help prepare your child for camp starting 2 months before they go.
Read MoreHow Do You Engage Conflict?
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How do you engage conflict when you feel hurt by someone? Do you fight, flight, freeze or please? Here is a guide to help you better understand the ways in which you react to hurt, so that you can move towards greater intimacy with those you care about.
Read MoreAfter the diagnosis - What now?
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How do you process the news of a diagnosis? It's different for every parent, but here are a few guidelines to help you move forward.
Read MoreEmbracing Disappointment
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How are we supposed to handle our disappointments at work, home, church and in relationships? Branden offers a four step process to help you move towards acceptance.
Read MoreHelping Your Child Cope with Fear
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You cannot completely protect your child from all fear, nor would you want to, but you can guide them through fear and help them learn how to self-soothe.
Read MoreCultivate your Child's Worldview
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As parents, we shape our child's worldview, whether we are intentional about it or not. In this post, Branden looks at different ways parents tend to do this, and helpful advice on how to cultivate their worldview in a healthy way.
Read MoreWhy do I yell at my kids?
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No parent starts out hoping to yell at their kids. So often we find ourselves reactive and guilt-ridden when it comes to our parenting. Here is a helpful guide to curb your yelling and transform it into something healthier.
Read More6 Resources for Growth: Resources > Responsibilities
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Regardless of what changes you are trying to make in life, remember that your resources need to outweigh your responsibilities for change to happen. This post looks at 6 pragmatic ways to increase your resources so that you can attain the change you desire.
Read MoreLittle Things Make Small Kids Feel Big
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It's the little things, the things that typically go unnoticed to an adult, that fill a kid up with validation.
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