Underachievement: The Perfect Underachiever
In last week’s blog on underachievement, we focused on ways to motivate our kids and students. In this week’s blog, the second in our series on underachievement, we will explore...
Underachievement: How to Motivate Kids
Underachievement is always a concern for parents and educators, and it is even more important now as kids face many additional challenges that can affect how well they do in...
Listening Means Love
There are many sources of stress, anxiety, and fear for our kids these days, such as having limited access to their friends, attending classes online rather than in their schools,...
Dealing with a Defiant Child
Because of increased stress, worry, and frustration attributable to restrictions during the pandemic, kids are exhibiting increased levels of defiance. We have had many parents calling us with concerns about...
Achieving Healthy Love and Healthy Relationships
Why do so many parents today grieve because the children they love aren’t motivated to love and respect them back? Few people set out with a written plan for getting...
Privacy: How Much Should Kids Have?
Our kids are spending more time at home than ever before, which often means that they are spending more time on their digital devices. This can lead to parents feeling...
Don’t Raise an Entertainment Junkie
This past Tuesday we had our virtual event, Parenting in Uncertain Times, which featured Dr. Daniel Amen, Tana Fay, Charles Fay, Ph.D., and Jim Fay. If you saw this event,...
Getting Kids to Think: Building Problem-Solving Skills for Life
Have you ever stopped to think about what a blessing it is to be a good thinker? Now, I’m not talking about being a genius or intellectually gifted. I’m mostly...
An Important Love and Logic Goal: Self-Control
The primary goal of the Love and Logic approach is NOT to make kids behave. Rather, our primary goal is to help them learn how to make themselves behave. If...
