“For most of us holidays are times of joy and celebration, of family gatherings and too much food, of songs and parties and gifts. But holidays also provide many of the best teaching opportunities for parents of the entire year.
“The best parenting is parenting that leads your children to become their own best teachers and life-guides. In essence it is the art of helping them to develop within an “internal parent” whom they can call upon for guidance, support, encouragement and wisdom for the rest of their lives.
“I’ve never forgotten the sad look in her eye when a mother stood up during one of my parenting seminars and wistfully remarked that from the moment her daughter was born every single day brought another experience of learning how to let go. Indeed, “letting go” for many parents is a life-long challenge and a …
“Parenting is the scariest job I have ever had,” I remember a father telling me years ago as he stood proudly watching his child participate in the “Moving on” ceremony at his early childhood center. “With little or no preparation at all, you are thrown head first into the role of mentor, guide, teacher, doctor …
“I don’t believe I have ever met a parent who did not on some level yearn for the ability to hand pick his for her children’s friends. Parents often find themselves comforting their children, drying tears of frustrations or anger caused by the slings and arrows of outrageous friendships, and wondering whether there will ever …
“Parents have a lot to worry about. How to keep their kids safe when they are out of sight? How to keep them away from the negative influences of peers, movies, competing ethics and values that vie for their attention nearly every day? And frequently parents ask me, “How can I know that the kind …
My father was always the strong, silent type. When I was a child, I used to think that he was unusual, and I imagined that other kid’s fathers must be different, more talkative, more open with their emotions, less silent and controlled than my dad. Of course, I was wrong. The more I saw how …