Connected Parenting

Raising Resilient Kids…Without the Hardship Is your kid too soft? Is your kids life too lacking in hardship to develop actual resilience? This is a concern many of us have. Most of us want to do things differently than our parents did, but want to instill a similar amount of grit, self-assurance, and independence. I’m […]

These early days of school are famous for a reason. There are a million things to cover, a million things to buy and schedule and create and plan for. My toddler is starting at her new outdoor school. I need to get her some anti-tick gear, make an “all about me” book, focus on her […]

I lied to my daughter last night. And I told her the truth, too. Last night, as I tucked in my toddler before her first day of school, she asked “can you tell me about my day?” and I realized I made it. For the past many weeks, I’ve been telling her the story of […]

Remember To Nourish Yourself “I’m the only one in the house that likes this” I said this yesterday when at the farmer’s market with my toddler. She and I were getting nice, colorful, healthy food for home (yay!) and I saw some delicious concord grapes for sale. I LOVE concord grapes. They’re my favorite. I […]

Balance Is An Important Part Of Parenting Sooo… I’m hiding out.. My daughter is downstairs and she’s had a hard time with the transition from her outside school (they’re outside all day! rain or shine! so, so happy for her and for all the other kids who get to be outside). Her after-school sitter picked […]

Raising Resilient Kids is a Work In Progress I regularly give my clients permission to punish their kids. To bribe them, and cajole them, and nag them, and yes, yell at them. The thing is, they’re already doing this. Every parent has bribed their kid to just get in the F*%^*ing car. Punished them when […]

Raising Resilient Kids Is About Showing Up I was in Tampa yesterday, and SO many parents showed up for a Raising Resilient Kids workshop. It was at 8:30 am on a workday (don’t worry, we made a recording available!), and the room was full! In fact, the school told me that this was their biggest […]

I’ve been thinking about you, and hoping you’ve been able to take some time this summer to relax.  I’ve started a practice I’m calling “skygazing” which is just me sitting in a chair outside looking at the sky. It’s not meditating (somehow meditating feels like doing “something” and skygazing feels like doing “nothing” — and […]

These early days of school are famous for a reason. There are a million things to cover, a million things to buy and schedule and create and plan for.  My toddler is starting at her new outdoor school. I need to get her some anti-tick gear, make an “all about me” book, focus on her […]

Do you know what your values are? Do you have a mission statement?  I’m not talking about work, or your personal life.. I’m talking about your family. Do you have a family mission statement? Do you make values-driven decisions as a family?  I am just getting back from coffee with a friend who also works […]