Among other important life lessons, this global pandemic is shining a light on the importance of our relationships. We may be trying to figure out how to better get-along day-to-day with our immediate household family members. And we may also be missing and longing for time and connection with family members and friends who must …
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This week, I asked questions of a variety of readers who are also confident Moms. Their insights and stories show the depth of their wisdom and humility and confirmed their desire to continuously learn and improve for the betterment of their relationships with and support of their children. As we share our stories with one …
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Did you have a Confident Mom growing up or one now supporting you as an adult? Do you gather with friends and consider how incredible they are as Moms? Though it may be hard to define exactly what confidence means, we know it when we see it. Perhaps it’s a Mom who does what’s right for …
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What would our family life be like without teachers, coaches, and loving relatives? Whether we refer to other caring adults in our child’s life as our village or not, he or she has a community of adults who act as influencers. These individuals are either unpaid or underpaid for the critical roles they play in …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Appreciation, Caring adults, Coaches, Family gratitude, Grandparents, Gratitude, Mentors, Modeling, Mother's Day, Significant others in child's life, Social and Emotional Skills, Teacher Appreciation Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teachers
There are some situations from which it is impossible to shield a child from experiencing. The whole family goes through a crisis – whether it’s a death of a loved one or a fissure between family members – and the children must endure those times right along with the adults. Ready or not, here we …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Child dealing with trauma, Dealing with trauma, Fortress of love, Fortress of support, Mother's Day, Parenting and trauma, Parents dealing with trauma, Protection in crisis, Protective factors, Risk and protective factors, Trauma and resilience
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, …
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Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "Daring Greatly", Brene Brown, Courage, Empathetic confidant, Empathy, Listening, Mother's Day, Mother's Day wish, Self discipline, Suspending judgment, Vulnerability
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. – Harriet Beecher Stowe This Mother’s Day, I wanted to write about the little gifts that my Mother has given me throughout my lifetime. …
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We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. – Sam Keen As my gift to you, myself and all Mothers for the celebration of Mother’s Day, I am sharing an excerpt from the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Anna Quindlen’s little book with a big …
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