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• Responding Based on Emotional States

  

  Recognizing emotional states is key to good communication. You need to know both your own emotional state and the emotional state of others. This would be a... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Ready for Easier Parenting in 2020?

  Parenting can be a pleasure or a pain.  If one of your goals in 2020 is making parenting less stressful and more fun, I hope you’ll join one of Priceless... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Expressing Love, Gratitude and Forgiveness

  

  What four things matter the most in parenting? Might they be the same as the four things that matter most in life? It’s likely since your relationships with you... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Evaluating Risks and Heeding Warnings

  

  Taking risks is part of living. Your kids need to be able to take reasonable risks to learn and grow. For example, your children would never learn to walk if... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Fueling Good Versus Evil

  

  Everyone is capable of both good and evil behavior. Even when doing something bad or evil, people often justify their behavior with some supposedly good... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teaching Kids Heartfelt Apologies

  

  Do you remember hearing someone give an inauthentic apology? Perhaps it was the tone of their voice or the fact they tried to shift the blame to someone else.... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Developing Habits to Succeed in School

  

  Can developing good habits help your kids succeed in school? Yes! Habits are powerful patterns of behavior that automatically unfold in certain situations. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Avoiding Parenting Burnout By Choosing How To Wisely Spend Your Energy

  

  How is your energy level right now? Are you feeling depleted or do you feel like you have plenty of energy? Do you live most days full speed ahead or do you hav... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Experiencing and Processing Difficult Emotions

  

  What are you teaching your kids to do when they experience difficult emotions? How do you respond when they are scared, anxious or overwhelmed?Your response... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Guiding Kids Through Experiences of Loss

  

  Part of growing up is experiencing loss. As much as you love your kids and hate seeing them in pain, you cannot protect them from all harm. The good news is tha... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Improving Your Family Through New Parenting Intentions

  

  Have you made new year’s resolutions? Do you remember one of your resolutions and how it went? People often start out a new year by making resolutions for how... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2019 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Breathing Through The Holidays

  

  How do you feel when you think about all the activities of the holidays? Are you taking calm, deep breaths or shallow, short breaths? Is your heart racing when... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Improving Family Relationships By Positively Shifting Your Energy

  

  How do you feel about your relationship with each of your children? Are you feeling warmly connected, coolly distant or somewhere in between? Relationships are... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Improving Family Relationships By Being Fully Engaged

  

  Think about a time when someone was completely engaged in listening to you. Where were you? How did you feel? Now think about a time when you were trying to tal... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Raising Kids Who Blossom: Priceless Parenting For Healthy Growth

  

  Raising Kids Who Blossom by Kathy Slattengren, parenting expert and author of award-winning Priceless Parenting’s online parenting classes, offers healthy... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Ready-To-Go Fun Art Projects For Kids

  Do your kids love doing art projects? If they enjoy creating art, it's a wonderful way to spend time away from digital devices. The time consuming part for you... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Setting Healthy Boundaries Within Your Family

  

  Healthy boundaries are essential to living together harmoniously as a family. Good boundaries are like fences defining the edges of what is acceptable and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Mom's Story of Her Teen's Drug Addiction

  Susán Hoemke dreamt of a perfect family - a loving husband and four beautiful children. When their oldest son, Hayden, became addicted to drugs, she struggled... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Chores - Every Family Member's Responsibility

  

  Running a household involves plenty of work. How are your kids helping out? If they are preschool age or older they should have age-appropriate responsibilities... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Red Flag Behaviors - Responding To Clues Kids Aren't Coping

  

  Experiencing stress is part of growing up. What happens when children feel overwhelmed by stress? If your child is under age six, the result is often a... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING