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Stop Moralizing Your Child’s Emotions

Our children deserve to be loved as they are, and they deserve to have the emotions and feelings they have. It’s a simple enough concept, but it’s not so simple to put into practice, it turns out. As parents, we come with our own set of preconceived ideas, and it’s challenging to meet our kids where they are.

This episode offers two ways to handle the parts of our children that challenge us. And it starts with my ridiculous quest to get my child to like speed bumps. (Face palm. You just have to listen.)

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Witches and Parenting – and How to Stop Yelling

My family and I recently traveled to Salem, Massachusetts and learned about the witch trials. While there, we also learned a bit about modern-day witchcraft. Unsurprisingly, we learned that many stereotypes are false. I’m not an authority on witchcraft, but what I learned about it was actually similar to what most people I know believe. Yes, probably even

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How to Have Realistic Expectations of Your Kids

Your kids are going to mess up. That’s a given. So how do you know how to hold the right expectations for each kid? Unfortunately, there’s no magic formula, but the mindset discussed here will help you make the best decisions for your child, your family, and your circumstances. Learn 7 positive results and forward movements you can gain when you adopt this helpful mindset.

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When Parenting Is Painful

We’ve all felt like we’re terrible at parenting. Or ruining our children, or we ruined them already and there’s no going back. We’ve all felt overcome and overwhelmed. Here are a few thoughts on how to reframe things when you’re in this place, as well as some proactive steps you can take to move yourself through this place of parenting pain and out the other side to a place where you feel a bit better.

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