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Reduce Angry Outbursts in Your Household
How can you reduce angry outbursts in family life? These tips – based on research – not only work, they may surprise you!
Posted on March 6, 2025 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Replacing Shame with Curiosity In Family Culture: Using Internal Family Systems Therapy to Help Kids Befriend their “Friends Inside”
Check out these powerful strategies to replace shame with curiosity and promote resilience in our children.
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Anger, child accountability, Conflict, Curiosity, emotional resilience, internal family systems therapy, self-awareness, Self-management, shame, sibling conflict, Sibling rivalry, teaching kids about emotions
Posted on November 5, 2024 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Teaching Kids Civility; Guiding Emotional Growth in a Divided World
How do we teach our children civility and why is it key to their well-being? Check out these insights from guest author @MelissaBenaroya!
Building an Emotionally Aware Family… A New Podcast Episode on Civil Talk
How do you teach your children civil talk in a national climate of division? It all starts at home! Check it out!
Posted on July 20, 2023 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Engaging Children in Household Chores
How do we teach and motivate our children to contribute to the care of our home? Check out these ideas!
Posted on May 16, 2023 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Finals Time! Supporting Children and Teens through the Stress of the Test
Today I am bleary-eyed as I attempt to get my work accomplished after a very late night supporting my son by listening to a speech he has to give – over and over. Now I know that “He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life” (wrote Ralph Waldo …
Posted on January 5, 2023 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
New Year Back-to-Basics Parenting
What are some of the basics of parenting for and with confidence? Consider these foundational ideas to get your new year started in a positive direction!
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: children's social and emotional growth, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, Empathy, growth filter, parent opportunities for growth, parenting challenges, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social awareness
Posted on December 8, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Unforecasted Snowstorm of Feelings in the Holiday Season
Do you and your family get hit with a snowstorm of emotions? Here are some simple ways to manage, find the magic and build skills!
Posted on October 20, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Transforming Whining into Positive Connections
“Mooooommmmm, I don’t want to do my homework,” seven-year-old Elaina says in a nasily, high-pitched, and sing-song (in a fingernails-on-a-chalkboard, not melodic) way. The powerful whine is wielded to get her Mom’s attention. And it works every time. How can you not hear, turn toward, and grimace at that tone? In fact, research confirms what …
Posted on September 21, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Coalition to Provide the Facts about the Importance of Social and Emotional Learning
More than ever, the social and emotional learning of our children is of top importance!
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Spring Teaches Us Presence
Taking a Spring Break Road Trip? BRAKE from Devices and Check Out these Fun Cooperative Games!
Teaching your Child or your Teen to Forgive
A Storied Childhood: The Impact of Stories on Children’s Development
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