I Can’t Do it. Yet.
What is more heart-rending than the child’s lament, “I can’t do it!”? If ever there is a time that requires our encouragement, it is when…
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I Can’t Do it. Yet.
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Home Alone
5-Minute Courage Workout: Home Alone
Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: Independence doesn’t just happen overnight. Even if you don’t expect to leave your child home alone, or to…
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What’s the Monster Under Your Bed?
What’s the Monster Under Your Bed?
Lion’s Whiskers asks: What’s the monster under your bed? Our children are not the only ones who fear monsters lurking under the bed, in the…
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Discourage/Encourage: What’s a Parent To Do?
Discourage/Encourage: What’s a Parent To Do?
Copyright Brian Dunne, Dreamstime.com It turns out that raising courageous kids has a lot to do with knowing when to push them to face a…
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Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories
Lisa’s post about snuggling raises for me an image of the time-honored tradition of bedtime stories. We have the parent and child (or children) snuggled…
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I HEART Snuggling!
I HEART Snuggling!
Something you need to know about me: I’m a big fan of snuggling! Anything to put-off getting out of bed and delay the morning rush-to-school routine,…
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The Way We Hold Our Babies
The Way We Hold Our Babies
It turns out that as important as the skin-to-skin contact we have with our babies in their early years, is the way we hold them. …
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Introducing Courage Challenges
Introducing Courage Challenges
As a trained child/family therapist, parenting coach, and family life educator, and most importantly, a parent of two kids, I can relate to the kind…
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First Steps on the Path
First Steps on the Path
Copyright Andrey Voznjuk, Dreamstime.com I wanted to get back to that bit about navigating the neighborhood, because I think it’s a really big topic —…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: A Fate Worse than Death
5-Minute Courage Workout: A Fate Worse than Death
Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: Given that public speaking is well known to be #1 on most people’s list of dreaded activities, let’s…
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