Emotionally Healthy Children Have Parents Who Meet These 5 Needs

Here are 5 essential emotional needs of children today.
How To Get Your Child to Listen the First Time

How to speak so your kids will listen. What if getting your children to listen has more to do with you listening to them?
Mentally Strong Children Are Asked These 5 Things Daily

Questions to ask to help your child navigate through their emotions and feelings.
What’s Considered Bad Parenting? Here Are the Signs of a Bad Parent

Here are 3 common parent fails that could possible affect your relationship with your kids.
Helpful Tips for Parents Who Want to Raise Emotionally Healthy Kids

At what age do I need to tend to the emotional needs of my child? What should I do to help my child be emotionally healthy? These are questions many parents have. Find out in this article how you can go against the odds of the declining mental health in our children, and be proactive in your parenting today.
Dear Son, You Are More Than Your Good Grades

Perfectionism among young people is a real problem – but there is something YOU can do, parents.
I walked in the kitchen to find my 5-year-old using a chef’s knife to cut his apple…

Why letting your child fail will be one of the best things you can do as their parent.
Raising a Mentally Healthy Child – Boys Edition

As parents, we create a lens for our children to look through. This lens, good or bad, will shape how they view the world. It will guide them in processing their emotions, having healthy relationships, and standing firm in what they believe.
5 Positive Things to Tell Your Son

We all love to hear affirming and encouraging words, no matter who it comes from, no matter what our age. But parents, in particular, have an extraordinary impact on their children, so hearing those words from you will be the most influential.
8 Things a Girl Needs From Her Mom (Guest Post by Jaimee Troyer)

Including modelling self-awareness, self-care, and learning how to say no, Jaimee Troyer (writer for Hope in Affliction Blog about Adoption and Parenting) points out the many things your daughter needs from you as her mom.