Category: Parenting Advice
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Letting Go: Discovering Grace in Family Life
God’s grace, call on meOnward light the spirit springsDarkness slowly falls~ Thomas C. Maples What moves you? What brings the presence of meaning in your life, right now? Is it a heartfelt greeting from a long-absent friend? Is it warmly embracing that loved one who was gone? Or is it God’s Grace that guides you?…
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Teaching the Next Generation: Lessons 4 Successful Parenting
Teaching Respect and Positive Parenting A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham I often hear the word respect thrown around as if one is entitled to something. The sad fact is that 99.9% of the time I hear this term used, it…
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Practical Parenting Now: A Promise 4 the Heart
Parenting Words of Wisdom “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Christopher Robin Parenting from the Heart What child should not hear these words daily? However, the problem, as I see it, is that we have been taught primarily from a material…
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Practical Parenting: Let Go of Past Hurts 4 New Beginnings
Parenting Wisdom “The Golden Rule of Parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!” ~Louise Hart “The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” O. A. Battista A Psychology of Parenting If we have had parents, we have…
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Practical Parenting 4 a Positive Future Generation
A Philosophy for Parenting Instilling Responsibility, Hope, and Honoring Childhood Bliss Parenting is a collective affair. I started my professional journey long ago, teaching the next generation in a kindergarten classroom. While I have practiced psychology for two decades now, I cannot help but see some atrocities at play in the one place parents should…
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Practical Parenting: Hey Papa, Can I Buy GFUEL?
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World One believes because one’s conditioning trains them to do so. I could see this wholeheartedly in my son’s drive to have us buy GFuel, a new energy drink product. He is a gamer, the very demographic I am sure, is…
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To See Through the Eyes of a Child… What Dreams May Come?
Inspirational Quotes Children see magic Because they look for it… Christopher Moore History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela Parenting through Magical Means We are all teachers. We bare this title because if we have made it this far, we have done something that only…
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Practical Parenting… Iced Coffee and Good Conversation!
Inspiration If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else. – Ann Landers Recipe for iced coffee: Have kidsMake coffeeForget you made coffeeDrink it cold (Anonymous) Practical Parenting… An Unforgettable Journey Have some fun with you kids. They express their stress not in words but in behaviors. Take them out, get…
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Practical Parenting: Will We Survive the Storm
Practical Parenting During COVID 19 Hope you enjoy. Began this project earlier this week. I am utilizing YouTube as a live broadcasting forum to answer your question regarding psychology, parenting, and other issues during this unprecedented time. In this segment, I explore in a live Q and A Session the nuances of raising children during…
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Inspiration: Parenting… The Power of Belief
Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first. Matthew Jacobson Practical Parenting What do you want to be when you grow up? Perhaps the greatest question that should…
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Practical Parenting: Establishing Respect Amongst Children of Today
Dr. Tom explores the family value of respect as it relates to the ability we have to foster trust in our strengths and capacity to overcome our weaknesses.
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Practical Parenting. Dr. Tom Explores the Concept of Doing the Best We Can?
Ever wonder how you can raise successful children who become functionally independent? Ever wonder what the secret is to raising, happy, healthy children? Dr. Tom Explores