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How to Be the Positive Leader Your Child Needs

Monday, January 26, 2015 | parenting

Our children naturally look to us for leadership. As a proponent for positive parenting, I have been asked how we can hold authority without...

Own Your Feelings and Actions

The following is adapted from a chapter in The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition, available here . Own Your Feelings a...

I just released The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition! Happily, the book is already on the bestseller list and is #1 i...

Friday, January 23, 2015 | paradigm shift, parenting

The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting Second Edition is now available on Createspace , Amazon , Kindle , and Nook . I'm reading a...

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | discipline, parenting

There is a disturbing new parenting trend for "creative consequences" which usually involves shaming the child publicly in some wa...

Parenthood, especially in those early years, doesn't provide much in the way of relaxation and self-renewal, yet it's critical to ou...

Monday, January 19, 2015 | discipline, parenting

One of the biggest pet peeves of parents is when they catch their children lying. It makes us feel betrayed and deceived by the ones we love...