“You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to show up.” – Sarah Rosensweet If you’re like a lot of the parents I work with, you’re worried about all the times you’ve ‘messed up’ and you secretly worry you...
“Our children pick fights with us when they don’t know how to manage their difficult feelings.” – Sarah Rosensweet A child who is experiencing difficult feelings (or an adult!) will be whiny, demanding, rigid, bossy, easily upset and looking to fight. All...
“Respecting a child teaches them that even the smallest, most powerless, most vulnerable person is worthy of respect. And that is a lesson our world desperately needs to learn.”- L.R. Knost What does it look like to respect a child? Listen to them. Ask their opinion....
“Parenting isn’t about what our child does, but about how we respond. “- Dr. Laura Markham Sometimes all we can control is how we respond, this often more true than not with parenting! Trying times, lack of energy, and stress can really affect how we...
“Don’t force an apology, help your child make a repair.” – Sarah Rosensweet When we try to make our child apologize, we have to ask ourselves why. Is it so our child will learn a lesson? Is it because we are embarrassed? Either of those reasons for...
“Unconditional parents want to know how to do something other than threaten and punish. They don’t see their relationship with their children as adversarial so their goal is to avoid battles, not win them.” – Alfie Kohn What does it look like to have...
