From Screamfree Parenting by Hal Runkel “When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles…
From Screamfree Parenting by Hal Runkel ” All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put the past together again. So let’s remember. Don’t try to saw sawdust. ” – Dale Carnegie Oh, how much…
I have a story to share with you from a mom who I coached nearly 9 months ago. She sent me a message on Facebook the other day and told me her dilemma….. her son left that morning for school…
It has been an interesting few days at our house since I picked up the book by Dr. Kevin Leman, “Have a New Kid by Friday.” Now I really truly HATE the title – I think it is rather misleading,…
As the school year is underway and our schedules are HEAPING with more than the year before – how do you make time for what is important? Determining what is important will be different for everyone, but I can almost…
Some of you who have followed me know I ran a half-marathon last Sunday. I had been training for about 8 weeks, actually with a much bigger goal of entering the Seattle Marathon in late November – but this half-marathon…
I have gotten this question quite a bit lately with moms I coach, moms at the soccer field and in chat groups online. It is funny how a simple procedure can end up producing such havoc with parents. Do we…
From Screamfree Parenting by Hal Runkel, LMFT Quote of the Day: ” The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets from it, but what he becomes by it. “ — John Ruskin (1819-1900) Being ScreamFree on a…
From Screamfree parenting by Hal Runkel, LMFT Quote of the Day: ” Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things put together. “ — Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) This is true of all things,…
Parenting is one of life’s most demanding adventures. It’s expensive, exhausting, and on many days exasperating. It forces us to continually grow in ways that we usually don’t want to and it makes even the most confident of us question our competence.
