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Kathy Slattengren, M.Ed., is an internationally recognized, inspirational parent educator. She founded Priceless Parenting, a company dedicated to helping parents learn necessary, critical parenting skills. Priceless Parenting offers online parenting classes, presentations and parent coaching.
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Priceless Parenting
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Parenting advice and tips for handling challenging behavior and creating happier families
LATEST ARTICLES ( 416 )
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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 -
Reducing Suicide Among Kids
You love your kids. The last thing you want to think about is that your child might commit suicide. Tragically suicide is the second leading cause of death for... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING -
Establishing Healthier Eating Habits
Do you struggle to get your kids to eat healthy? If so, you have plenty of company! While it seems like it should not be that difficult to have children eat... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2018 FAMILY, PARENTING