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3 Ways to Stop Parental Frustration Before it Starts
I am not the kind of guy that enjoys working on cars or fixing things around the house. To be honest a good portion of that kind of stuff I outsource to my father in-law that lives down the road from...
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How to Re-ignite Your Child’s Love of Learning, Even if They Say, “I Hate...
I hated math most of my school years. I’m not talking about a little dislike for the subject. I’m talking about hatred that motivated elaborate schemes to prevent or avoid it altogether. I used to...
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The Massively Under-Utilized Parent Calming Tool that You Always Have with You
Years ago I worked with a mother and her son that were struggling to enjoy life together. I was primarily supposed to be working with the son, but as a therapist, I always incorporate the parents into...
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Create More Happiness by Celebrating Your Personal and Parenting Victories
If you have been following TRU Parenting for long you probably know that I’m a pretty sentimental man. I love a good reason to celebrate and make a big deal of the milestones and achievements of those...
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How to get your kids ready and in the car in 50 easy steps
Remember the days when you used to be able to just slide into your flip flops, grab your keys and go? Yeah, I can’t really remember those days either. No “childless” person can grasp the energy that...
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The Secret to Getting Kids to Fly Solo… Give them Wings and Flight Lessons
All he needed to do was put his socks and shoes on. “How simple is that?” I thought to myself. My 4 year old son Berkeley had started to melt down when I asked him to “hurry and put his own socks and...
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10 Things I Never Thought I’d Have to Say to Another Person Until I Became a...
Kids and parenting can throw you some curveballs. You would think that we would be a little more prepared for the crazy stuff that gets thrown at us as parents, because after all, we were kids once...
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7 Small Daily Parenting Practices that Make a Big Difference
In today’s society everyone is always looking for quick fixes and shortcuts. We want to find the things that are going to give us the biggest bang for the buck. Although there is no “drive through”...
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10 Ways to Build Your Child’s Self-Esteem
What names were you called as a kid? Probably every one of us can remember the hurt we felt, on at least one occasion, when a school aged child called us a name or said we couldn’t play with them. As...
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Yell Less, Love More Review and Giveaway
One of the Most exciting things about reviewing Yell Less Love More is that I get to give away one autographed copy of the book and a bunch of other Orange Rhino goodies that Sheila has provided for...
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25 Fun Halloween Books to Read With Your Kids
Kids love Halloween and kids love books! Put the 2 together and you have an amazing, “double awesome” combination. Halloween is a time when make-believe and fantasy come to life and candy becomes the...
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How to Enjoy the Parenting Roller Coaster
Have you ever watched your 6 year old voluntarily gather up his little brother or sister after they have hurt themselves and compassionately comfort and tend to them? It’s moments like this when you...
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Potty Training Tips for the Frustrated Parent
It’s hard to believe I could be so excited about someone simply going pee or poo in the toilet. Before the moment that my first child announced, “I pooped in the potty Daddy!” I never imagine that...
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5 Reasons to Go On an Adventure with Your Kids
Do you remember the adventures you used to have when you were a kid? I love to watch my own kids as they wander through our back pasture with walking sticks in hand. They can create excitement and...
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7 Ways to Fill this Holiday Season with Less Stress and More Awesome
“Happy Holidays!” At least that’s the way it’s supposed to be, right? A lot of people have a love/hate relationship with the holiday season. We sing songs with words like, “Tis the season to be jolly...
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Why Won’t My Child Listen? 5 Reasons and Solutions
I’ve told my oldest son not to sit on the table or counter top since he was 2 years old and yet he still perches his behind on the edge of the counter from time to time. When I interrupt my three sons...
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4 Things Your Baby Needs to Learn in the First 2 Years of Life
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” (Frederick Douglas) The edification of our children starts on day one. The building of strong children begins from conception, long...
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Your Child Wants You to Teach Them!
My youngest son Berkeley is an adorable 4 year old boy that is almost always happy and grinning from ear to ear, except when he isn’t. He has a fire in him that can definitely emerge from time to time...
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Are You a “FAT” Parent? 4 Exercises to Increase Parents’ Mental and Emotional...
If you’re looking for a way to lose 20 lbs. in the next week, sorry, that’s not what this article is about. However, if you would like to be a more calm and mindful parent with your child, this...
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Becoming Santa: Why I Keep the Tradition and Symbol of Santa Claus Alive
Watching my own 4 children race to their stockings on Christmas brings back the incredible happy memories of my own childhood. Not only does it bring back the memory of excitement I experienced as a...
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