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Sturdy Vulnerability; Modeling Our Humanity as a Strength for Our Kids
How can we model vulnerability with our kids to promote their strength and resilience? It may require some habit unlearning.
Posted on October 23, 2025 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
How Parents Can Confront the Ghosts of their Past
How are you examining and facing parenting patterns that do not align with your deepest values? Learn more!
You Too Could Be A Part of Book Two!
Do you know parents who demonstrate courage? Do you teenagers who demonstrate courage? We want to hear their story!
Finding the Courage to Reinvent
What does a successful working professional, wife and mother do about her all-consuming responsibilities that are draining the life right out of her? Jason Miller and I ask the question: how does she find the courage to reinvent? And what does that look like? Check it out…
Posted on October 31, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Best of Confident Parents’ Halloween Posts…
Want to get into the Halloween spirit? Check out our best Halloween posts from the past years!
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: #Halloween, #HappyHalloween, Confidence, Courage, Empathy, fear, Illusions, Resilience
Posted on September 8, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
“When It’s Not Quite Bullying…But It’s Still So Mean” Dear Highlights Podcast
Discussing forms of meanness, how it occurs, and how we can help our children through moments that hurt.
Posted on June 23, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parents, Kids and Bullying Behaviors – What Can We Do?
Have you taught your children how to respond to bullying behaviors? Their response can mean the difference between stopping the aggression or escalating it. And what if they are a witness? Will they know how to be an upstander? There are also ways we can teach our kids to resist social pressures and not become …
Posted on October 1, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parents, Kids and Bullying Behaviors – What Can We Do?
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. -Elie Weisel “You’re a horrible person,” was what I heard and deeply felt though I cannot recall the exact words that delivered this final crushing blow. It had come after a series of unconsidered and callous jabs and was …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: agency, anti bullying, Bully prevention, Bullying, bullying behaviors, caring school community, Collaborative for Academic, Compassion, Confidence, Courage, demeaning, labeling, power, Responsibility, Social and Emotional Learning, social emotional skill building
Posted on May 7, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A Wish for Mother’s Day
My wish for Mother’s Day is that every Mom have an empathetic confidante who lends a listening ear. The sense of shared understanding and ability to be cared for and loved no matter what can help us all rise like a phoenix out of the ashes, better than ever. On the part of the listener, …
Posted on April 23, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
“Made by Raffi”: A Story of a Kid Who’s Different
At some point, every child will experience the feeling of being different. From hobby interests to gender identity, some children will have a more intense experience of not being like the rest. And all children encounter others who are different. How will they view those contrasts? Will they be able to see the unique richness …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "Made by Raffi", Amanda McBroom, Appreciating diversity, Children, children’s book author, Contribution, Courage, Craig Pomranz, Dealing with differences, Empathy, Feeling different, Gender differences, Kindness, persistence, Raffi, Role models, The Hunger Games, The Rose
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