We’re celebrating five years of Confident Parents, Confident Kids! Help us celebrate by answering a few questions about your experience with this site so that we get your views on ways we can improve! It’s a short eight-question survey that shouldn’t take more than a minute or two to fill out. But it will help …
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Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. – Roger Lewin Coaching can be a powerful way to help our children become more self-aware, understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices. It can also give them valuable practice in problem-solving and responsible decision making. Similar …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Active listening, coaching as parenting tool, Coaching with kids, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, leadership coaching, Parent coaching, parents facilitating problem-solving, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Sibling conflicts
Dear Readers, We are celebrating the fourth blog-iversary of Confident Parents, Confident Kids! The dialogue we’ve shared, I know, has improved how I show up as a Mom and I hope it’s done the same for you. Our inquiry together has helped me and others explore how we can support the most critical skills …
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Though the sunshine sparkles through the yellow leaves during these beautiful Fall days, there is less light in the morning and evening. And we’ve been doing this school thing for a few months now. We’ve poured it on and now we are slowing down a bit – tired. My husband and I noticed that some …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Altruism, Appreciating children, Confident Parents, Empathy, Interactive modeling, KIds' behavior change, Kids' strengths, Looking for the good in kids, Morning routine, Nagging, Parent behavior change, Positive reinforcement, Resilience, Scolding
2015 was a significant year of growth for Confident Parents, Confident Kids. Check out all of the additions to this site and other sites and organizations in my year in review. Then I’ve listed the top most popular articles of the year. Hope you’ll check out the ones you may have missed. I am truly grateful …
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Thank you for your awesome response to my collaboration with VIDA, an organization that brings together artists like myself and makers of clothing around the world in a socially responsible way. If you plan to put an order a beautiful scarf or shirt as a Christmas gift, they can only guarantee delivery before Christmas if you …
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Clothing Made with Purpose for a Purpose I’m excited to announce a partnership between VIDA and Confident Parents, Confident Kids. VIDA marries artists with makers with a social mission at the fore. Based in San Francisco, with a designer in Paris, and a maker in Karachi, VIDA provides living wages to textile makers along with an …
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Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. – Roger Lewin Coaching can be a powerful way to help our children become more self-aware while understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices. It can also give them valuable practice in problem solving and responsible decision …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Brainstorm solutions, Coaching, Coaching conversation, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, Emotion identification, Jenny Rogers, Open-ended questions, Parent coach, Parent coaching, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Sports coach, trust, Understanding thoughts and feelings
Check out this brand new (45 second) video introduction to Confident Parents, Confident Kids! I hope you will share it and help introduce others to this dialogue for parents on promoting kids’ social and emotional development. Together we can become confident parents raising confident kids!
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2014 was a big year for Confident Parents, Confident Kids. This community moved from 275 followers to 23,000+ strong! Thank you for being an essential part of this important dialogue. Together our collective wisdom can strengthen our individual lives. What are your hopes and dreams for your family this year? Please write in the comment …
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Category: About, Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Anger, Best of 2014, Confident Kids, Confident Kids Most Popular Posts, Confident Parents, Conquering fears, Family, Gratitude, Hopes and dreams, Impact of Stories, Smart Media Use