Summer is nearly here, and for most of us, our plans have already been made and scribbled onto the calendar. Whether it’s vacations, camping trips, summer camps, or more, many parents
I once had a radio host comment to me, “You have to be very brave to do all of this talking about how we discipline our children.” And anybody who
Helicopter parenting has become the go-to buzz word in the child-raising world. Everybody is critical of parents deemed to be overly protective of their child and helicopter parenting has become
What does your gut do when you hear the two words every parent dreads? “I’m bored.” Maybe it is because of the incredible guilt that a lot of today’s busy parents
This post is in response to a recent viral video of a young child being hit with a paddle by his school’s administrators as a form of punishment while his
Oh the world of feelings!! It is all around us and we eat, sleep, and breath it from the moment we are born. There is solid evidence to suggest that
As we watched again the unfolding of another world tragedy in Brussels and sat one more time with the horrible realization that this has in some ways become our new reality,
I was asked in a recent interview in the Vancouver Sun about what I hoped that people would take away from reading Discipline Without Damage. Below is my answer:
Even though we might not say it out loud, every parent has been there. You give and you give and you give some more to your children, working to keep