Resilience

Resilience

Parenting Techniques

Is Less Supervision the Solution to Childhood Depression?

Parenting Techniques

An Object Lesson in How to Prepare Children to Handle a Crisis

Media Appearances

The Counter Culture Mom Show Looks At Commitment, Boundaries, and Unconditional Love

Childhood Trauma

Six Ways to Help Our Children Stay Hopeful

Parenting Techniques

Why We Need to Love Our Kids Unconditionally and Set Boundaries for Them

Childhood Trauma

What If Our Kids' Bad Habits Are Actually Out-of-Place Skill Sets?

What Research Teaches About How to Help Our Children Struggling with Depression

Parenting Techniques

How to Motivate Our Children to Do Household Chores

Parenting Techniques

Why Our Kids Need Responsibility for Household Chores

Parenting Techniques

Do You Feel Like Your Household is Chaotic? Here’s How to Cope!

The Plight of Kids Aging Out of Foster Care

Parenting Techniques

Figuring Out Where We Fit In Our Children's Stories

Why We Need to Resist Letting Our Children Think of Themselves as Victims

How to Empower Our Children to Create Their Own Happiness

Media Appearances

Discussing Resilience and Gratitude With the Transacting ValYou podcast

More Research about Family Traits that Help Foster Resilience

7 Things You Can Do if Your Child is Suffering from Anxiety

How to Build Our Kids' Resilience By Helping Them Change Their Self-Defeating Narratives

Is There A Difference Between Bullying and Conflict and Does It Matter?

Parenting Techniques

7 Ways to Teach Our Kids to Be Self-Reliant

Are We Prescribing Too Many Medications for Normal Teen Problems?

Why Accommodations Should Lead to Success, not Excuses for Failure

Parenting Techniques

Four More Ways to Help Children Struggling with School

Parenting Techniques

Good Ways to Help a Child Struggling With School

The Best Way We Can Encourage Resilience and Build Self-Esteem

How to Encourage Resilience Through Emotional Support

We Can Build Resilience By Providing Social Support

How to Build Resilience by Encouraging Our Kids to Take Risks

New Study Says Risky Play May Be Good for Our Children

Parenting Techniques

5 Important Things to Remember about Our Teens and Summer Jobs

Childhood Trauma

Positive Childhood Experiences Can Boost Resilience and Help Heal Trauma

Parenting Techniques

Lowering Our Expectations May Be the Best Way to Lower Our Kids’ Stress

Boys Who Have Suffered Trauma May Be Less Resilient Than Girls

Embrace the Power of Being Our Child's Plan B

Speaking Engagements

Join me in Wisconsin on Saturday

Parenting Techniques

How to Remain Sane When Your Adult Children Still Live at Home

Why Empowering Our Children is Not the Same As "Blaming the Victim"

Resilience or Self-Esteem -- Which Comes First in Recovering from Trauma?

More Encouraging Evidence that Positive Experiences Can Counteract Traumatic Experiences

How to Use History to Help Our Kids Learn Resilience

Parenting Techniques

Why and How to Help Our Children Find Groups They Enjoy

Parenting Techniques

Why and How to Help Our Kids Find Mentors

Foster Parenting

Five Ways to Help Foster Families

Childhood Trauma

Our Children's Trauma Does Not Control Their Future

Parenting Techniques

One Key Reason that We Burn Out as Parents

Ways to Build Resilience in Young Adults

Less-Than-Perfect Parenting Is Good For Our Kids

Ways to Help Build Resilience

Building Resilience by Building Relationships

Family Resilience Traits May Help Prevent Bullying

Building Resilience by Connecting to Family Stories

Parenting Techniques

How To Be The Mentor Rather Than The Villain in Your Family Story, Part 2

Parenting Techniques

How To Be The Mentor Rather Than The Villain in Your Family Story, Part 1

Parenting Techniques

Where We Fit In The Stories Our Children Tell Themselves

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Resilience and the Power of Connections

The Importance of Resilience and the Power of Plan B

Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Teaching Gratitude

Foster Parenting

Surviving — And Thriving — During the Holidays With Foster Children

Surviving – And Thriving – During the Holidays

We Cannot Let Our Children’s Trauma Define Them

Parenting Children with Trauma: Countering ACEs

What to Do When Your Child Threatens Suicide

Making It Down The Hill

Helping Children Recover by Being a Safe Space

Building Family Resilience

Which Comes First, Resilience or Self-Esteem?

Resilience Requires Unsupervised Time

Encouraging Resilience

Countering Adverse Childhood Experiences

Parents Can Help Prevent Bullying

Not All Stress is Traumatic

Anxiety in Kids? Treat the Adults!