We need to encourage members of this next generation to become all that they can become, not try to force them to become what we want them to become.….

Encouraging a child means that one or more of the following critical life messages are coming through, either by word or by action: I believe in you,….

Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What th….

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning fa….

Because they are children and for no other reason they have dignity and worth simply because they are..

Our goal as a parent is to give life to our children's learning--to instruct, to teach, to help them develop self-discipline--an ordering of the self….

Odors from decaying food wafting through the air when the door is opened, colorful mold growing between a wet gym uniform and thedamp carpet undernea….

Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardr….

If you cannot solve it, it is not a problem - it is reality..

The greatest part of each day, each year, each lifetime is made up of small, seemingly insignificant moments. Those moments may becooking dinner...re….

Every time a child organizes and completes a chore, spends some time alone without feeling lonely, loses herself in play for an hour, or refuses to g….

I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively andnonviolently. If in ….

If you can't solve it, it's not a problem - it's reality..

When we use punishment, our children are robbed of the opportunity to develop their own inner discipline-the ability to act with integrity, wisdom, c….

There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally ….

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process..

If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something has gone wrong w….

Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, a….

There is no problem so great it cannot be solved..

Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily led in their ….

What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save….