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Mary helps you improve your parenting in 60 seconds or less!
These are brain-science and child development simplified...with a script to try the concept out right away.
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Sibling Rivalry: Plan Ahead
SIBLING RIVALRY: PLAN AHEAD What is It? Thanksgiving. A time of families and fun, relaxation and rest. Ah yes, except when the kids start...
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Only My Opinion Counts: The Myside Bias
ONLY MY OPINION COUNTS: THE MYSIDE BIAS What is it? When our children are tiny, it is easy for our conversation to be one-sided: we tell...
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Press the Parenting Reset Button: from COVID to Calm. A free webinar.
Do you feel like this school quarter or even the entire quarantine period is not going the way you want? Do you want another chance to be...
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Get Curious
I had heard that being curious was a great way to invite conversation with a child. But my children were teens at this point; it just...
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Bids For Attention
So much has been learned about brain functions and interpersonal attachment systems over the last several decades. A pioneer in this...
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Decide Ahead
DECIDE AHEAD The Background? Have you ever noticed that you feel out of control or act impulsively when you are angry or have fear about...
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Gratitude Countdown
Sitting in one of my favorite places in the world, it seems very natural to be grateful. Generally I have a very positive, outgoing,...
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Connection Through Traditions
CONNECTION THROUGH TRADITIONS What is it? Postive family memories are not only fun, they are actually protective. Research shows that...
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Power Struggle Antidote #1: One Word
POWER STRUGGLE ANTIDOTE #1: ONE WORD What's the background? I've mentioned children's hard-wired emotional needs to be seen and feel...
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Anxiety and Active Listening
COVID-19 might give you an opportunity to practive active listening and we’ll make it simple. Set off 3-5 minutes.
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COVID's Psychological Toll
This article caught my eye because mental illness is up during COVID but I guess it’s really not surprising. There’s the obvious physical...
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80/20 Rule
I like to call it the 80/20 rule. Paretos’s principle - also known as the law of the vital few or the principle of factor sparsity[1]:...
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Resilience, In Small Steps
RESILIENCE, IN SMALL STEPS What is it? Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come...
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Just Say No: Calmly
Just Say No: Calmly What is it? ‘Just Say No’ was a mantra I developed for myself because I found it the single most difficult thing to...
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