Tag: Parenting
4 Steps to ‘Parent Coaching’ to Your Own Child
Parent coaching is a vital tool that moms and dads alike need to raise children. As parents, we have many tools we use to raise children: teaching, advocating, counseling, discipling, etc. But oftentimes, we leave out coaching. Coaching empowers teens to become more self-aware, independent, and resilient. Through powerful questions and goal-focused strategies, families can…
3 Reasons to Prioritize Reflection Now
Parents, have you ever taken time to really reflect on yourself? What about reflecting on your kids? Reflection is the process of reviewing and evaluating what is going well now and what you wish your family would have done differently in the past. When you evaluate your past and present, you can decide what needs…
7 Tips to Help You Be a Better Parent
Parenting is tough—and learning to be a better parent is even tougher. Parenting is one of the most challenging and most significant responsibilities a person can take on. It’s a continual marathon that pushes you to flexibly be there for your child throughout many seasons of life. It requires patience, compassion, unending love, and so…
What Parents Can Expect: The Emotional Journey from High School to College
What Parents Can Expect: The Emotional Journey from High School to College By Robin Stern, Ph.D. and Juliana McDowell As the summer before senior year approaches, many parents brace themselves for the whirlwind of the college application process. Many families are well on their way in junior year – conversations about college, campus visits, SAT…
The Parent Perception Gap: Just How Engaged are Your Teens in School?
Do your teens struggle to stay engaged in school? Does their attention wander off in class, causing their grades to stumble? By middle school, many students lose some interest in school. Then as they move to high school, this disengagement only becomes more pronounced! Yet parents often remain unaware of its true extent. They have…