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How To Help Your Teen Daughter Boost Her Self Confidence
How To Help Your Teen Daughter Boost Her Self Confidence

This piece is written by Tyler Jacobson. I like having a dad’s perspective and find his wish for his daughter especially touching because I’m not sure men always articulate in their mind how much they want their daughters to have a voice. Tyler expresses it as, “ I wanted [my daughter] to be confident and comfortable in who she is, in spite of constant outside voices clamoring for her to conform and be someone else.” In this blog Tyler describes his own personal approach with reference to what the experts say about each step.

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Communication, Independence, Parent as teacher, Parenting, parentingElisabeth Stittresponsibility, chores, self confidence, self esteem, coping skillsComment
Squeezing Both Quality Parenting Time and Quantity Parenting Time Out of Your Week
Squeezing Both Quality Parenting Time and Quantity Parenting Time Out of Your Week

At the end of the day, family is about being together and feeling like a connected unit.  With very little time in the week left over for parenting and family time, it is essential to be deliberate about the choices you make for your family--both by protecting the time you do have together and by making sure that time is quality time.  Here are some tips on how to do that.  

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Build Connections, Community, Independence, Parenting, parenting, TrustElisabeth Stittconnection, community, bonding, family unity, family timeComment
CONSISTENCY 101
CONSISTENCY 101

With New Year’s here, I imagine that you are setting resolutions around your parenting.  Among your resolutions, perhaps you have a goal of being more consistent.    Great.  I’d like to help with that.  However, becoming a consistent parent is almost impossible if you leave to will power alone.  It is much easier if you build for success step by step.  I have a plan for doing exactly that.

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Consistency, Parent as teacher, Parenting, parentingElisabeth Stittconsistency, rules, discipline, trust, learning, children, parenting