8 Ways to Empower Kids to Love Their Bodies

There’s a battle going on in your backyard. In your bathroom. On your big screen. It’s a battle with the side of yourself that you hope your kids

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How to Teach Respect to Kids In Any Life Situation

[thrive_headline_focus title=”It’s tough to teach respect.” orientation=”left”] Especially when you’re battling for your life.  I’m talking about the dreaded D-word. Divorce. After my wife and I started divorce

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How To Organize Kids Toys If You Don’t Want To Get Rid Of Them

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Talking To Children About Death Without Religion

“A coffin? Like, what vampires live in?” My six-year-old asks, as he watches his father and five other pall bearers remove a wooden casket from the funeral home

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5 Easy Ways to Show Kids How to Share

You’re in the middle of baking cookies. Your friend walks in and your partner says, “Give it to her. You have to share.” Would you? No. Not happily, anyway. Kids

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My Christmas Miracle: Why I Stopped Hating Our Elf-On-The-Shelf

A Christmas miracle occurred right inside the confines of my own grinchy self. (Ok, that’s dramatic. I’m not at all grinchy but I have nursed a long and

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7 Reasons It’s Okay Your Child Is “Strange”

Doctors aren’t always right. How could our daughter need a language specialist at 2 years old? A speech development delay? How could we have messed up a child

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5 Ways to Talk: Kids, Current Events, and Hatred

[thrive_headline_focus title=”Do you even want to turn that TV on anymore, or are the current events and hatred getting to you, too?” orientation=”left”] Talking to kids about current

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’Tis the Season for the Question That Can Save Your Child’s Life

Do not get on Facebook until you read this post. It’s about kids and gun safety. Oh, and playdates. With the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino, California,

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Is Santa Real? The Best Answer to Questions That Make You Cry (or Scream)

You’ll never hear a parent say, “Our Billy is such a follower! He never second guesses anything someone tells him to do!” You want your child to think

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