July 13th, 2016
The Discipline Debate
(This article is excerpted from Dr. Thomas Gordon’s book, Teaching Children Self-Discipline, 1989.) One of my favorite college professors badgered […]
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July 7th, 2016
The Four Stages of Learning: They’re a Circle, Not a Straight Line
Summer is upon us, and along with the sun and pool time and vacation time come multiple opportunities to conveniently […]
June 21st, 2016
On Millennials, Conversation, and Listening Skills
I received from my Mother, recently, via a seemingly endless string of Forwards (as one does), an email with the […]
June 14th, 2016
“An Open Letter to My Child Who is in the Next Room”: Rewriting A Mother’s Letter to Her Teenage Daughter
“An Open Letter to My Teen Daughter Who Is In The Next Room” is a short blog by Margarita Gokun […]
June 7th, 2016
Powerful Words on Power from a Non-Power Person
I have been asked many times about the source of power, where does it come from? Occasionally the people who […]
May 23rd, 2016
Facebook and Twitter Are Trying To Kill My Empathy…and Burn the Body
Never read the comments. That’s a sanity-saving rule for All Things Internet. It’s served me well for at least twenty […]
May 11th, 2016
My First Parent Effectiveness Training Class
By Guest Blogger: Virag Szomora (from Hungary) My first P.E.T. teaching experience was wonderful. First I was very afraid, that […]
May 10th, 2016
So, Who Owns The Problem Now?
I just sent my I-Message. The “other” is looking a little defensive. Where are we in the Behavior Window? This […]
April 26th, 2016
Yet Brittany Leads
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ […]
April 26th, 2016
Is it Fear or Regard – Why Do Our Children Respect Us?
“Shouldn’t we be teaching our children to respect us?” said a father in a session of my parenting class. “I […]