Parenting With Psychology™
Helping you build a set of parenting tools so you feel like an amazing parent ready to overcome your daily challenges.
Read My TipsA dear friend once asked me for advice on what age group is ready to read/watch Harry Potter, as I love giving parental advice and have read/seen all the Harry Potter stories. For some quick...
I love using problem-solving strategies in my parenting and teaching other parents these skills (see Love, Balance, and Problem Solving and Solve Your Parenting Problems in 5 Steps). I...
People sometimes ask if I use my training as a clinical psychologist (someone who is trained to assess, diagnose, and treat mental disorders) on my children, and thankfully there’s little...
Today, I have a quick story for you related to the concept of managing your time and preserving as much of it for your little kiddos as possible. A friend recently asked me how I can...
Have you ever had a bad parenting day? Scratch that: If you're a parent, you've had a bad parenting day. Whether it's troublesome behavior from your kids, chaotic scheduling, conflicts...
Today, I had the pleasure of helping a friend who would like to have her 5 and 8-year-old boys start sleeping in their own beds. Presently the boys share a bed with...
Following up on the theme of keeping your parenting fun (see How to Make Your Parenting More Fun: Mr. Handy to the Rescue!), let’s talk about a topic that is not inherently fun:...
At the heart of Parenting With Psychology is the concept of integrating principles from psychology into parenting to help you and your children have more fulfilling interactions on a daily...
How do you discipline your children? Certainly, infants and very young children don’t need any discipline. Instead, the focus at these ages is on modeling good behavior and...
What does your child’s bedroom look like? How much furniture is in it? Are there toys in it? Are those toys hidden or easily accessible? How many stuffed animals are...
I’ve alluded to problem-solving skills a few times in my previous posts (see The 5 C’s To Amazing Parenting and Love, Balance, and Problem Solving), and today is the day we will...
The key to interacting with preschoolers is keeping things light and fun. I credit my munchkins’ preschool teacher with bestowing on us the powerful tool of Mr. Handy: Make a...
PARENTING WITH PSYCHOLOGY™
Amazing parenting is not about always saying
and doing the right thing and raising perfect children. It’s about becoming intentional in your parenting and proactive in learning skills to help you parent more effectively in a way that fits best for your unique parent-child dynamics.
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