Parents With Confidence

Raising emotionally healthy children that will change the world.

How to be a Positive Parent with an Aggressive Child

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Inside: Parents will learn how to prevent aggression through positive parenting when possible, and a 5-step plan for handling aggressive behaviors with their child.

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I’m excited to share an excerpt from Rebecca Eanes’s new book, The Positive Parenting Workbook. This inspiring and inviting guide walks readers through the process of charting a new path toward greater emotional awareness, clear communication, and joyful parenting! Filled with encouraging prompts and plenty of room to record your progress, this interactive workbook/journal is for anyone who wants to deepen their relationships with their loved ones.

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The Best Mindset for Parenting a Strong-Willed, Highly Emotional Child

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Inside: Learn two vitally important things that will change your child’s life for when it feels difficult parenting a strong-willed child or an emotionally intense child.
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I will never forget the bumpy wagon ride through that strawberry field three years ago. It was a bright summer day. and my two girls and I had finished filling our baskets with fresh strawberries, but the wagon that would take us back to the country store was nowhere to be seen.

Oh crap, we have to wait.

Waiting can be a terrifying thing for some parents you know.

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Here’s the Most Effective Way to Help an Angry Child

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Inside: Learn invaluable skills for helping an angry child learn emotional regulation that will create a more peaceful home.

Yelling. Stomping. Slamming. Crashing.

Raising a child who experiences intense emotions and doesn’t yet have the coping mechanisms to deal with them appropriately means unpredictability, lots of ups and downs and overall family chaos. [Read more…]

A Child Therapist’s Best Tips for Parenting a Child with ADHD

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These vital tips for parenting a child with ADHD may surprise you, but will lead your child to better behaviors now AND a more successful future later.

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My 9-year-old client sits down on the couch in my therapy office and I can tell already by his slumped shoulders and downward gaze that he is having a rough week.

“How’s your week been bud? Should we start with the highs or the lows?”

“I hate school and I never want to go back again”. [Read more…]

5 Ways Raising a Child with ADHD Will Make You a Great Parent

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Raising a child with ADHD is a role ripe with challenges and frustration, but it is also an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and become better parents if we open ourselves up to new perspectives and approaches.

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Somedays, I feel like a big. stinking. failure.

You’ve been there, right? The feeling that so often inhabits us when our parenting and the way we interact with our child doesn’t live up to the expectations we set for ourselves? [Read more…]

How to Help a Child with ADHD Succeed in Life

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Inside: Despite living with many daily stressors, parents will learn how to help a child with ADHD not only survive but to thrive both cognitively and emotionally in their life. 

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I had a knot in my stomach that had been steadily building all morning, and it took me a bit to realize I was holding my breath as we sat the blanket down on the damp grass. We were at my 5-year-old daughter’s first ever soccer game.  [Read more…]

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