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Why Should You Care About Parent Skills Training?
Parent Skills Training in the Workplace If you employ adults, it is likely that you have parents in your workforce. Parents who are committed to your goals, who are keen to do the best job possible, who like their jobs, … Continue reading
How to Handle Temper Tantrums
Hi, We all hope that we can avoid dealing with a child throwing a tantrum. Well, maybe you can but most parents have stories about the day their little darling had a meltdown at the mall, at Grandma’s house or … Continue reading
How To Get Kids To Pick Up Their Toys
I need to do some serious re-organization in my kitchen. I need to decide where to put the stuff that I simply unpacked when I moved in nearly a year ago. It’s time, don’t you think? That led me to … Continue reading
Discipline and Punishment: What’s the Difference?
The most popular workshop I offer is called Discipline…Steps to Success. And that makes sense. Discipline is a parenting challenge and at the basis of much of what we do when raising our children. A major challenge is figuring out … Continue reading
But I need it, pleeeese Mom, can I have it?
The fine art of whining. While a friend of mine, when complaining describes her annoying complaining as a ‘fine Italian wine’, most of us know that whining drives us nuts. And yet all parents know that it seems to come … Continue reading
“I’m Bored,” says Junior and you say…
Hello, I was a guest on a local Shaw TV program called Studio 4 with host Fanny Kiefer. On the website she says: “A great interview is someone spontaneous, down-to-earth, provocative and passionate about their subject.” When I am a … Continue reading
