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These posts take a slightly more general view of parenting, looking at various things parents can do to help their child, whether it’s improving their connection or further developing parenting skills.

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Tools for Talking, What Parents Can Do
When the Monsters Are Real: How To Talk To Little Kids About Real-Life Scary Stuff
Talking to kids about real world problems is tough. Here’s five steps to follow to help them cope with scary, real world issues.

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What Parents Can Do
10 Things to Do That Will Make You a Better Parent
Here’s a list of things parents can (and should!) do to connect with and create healthy, emotionally intelligent kids.

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What Parents Can Do
The 4 Common Relationship “Mistakes” Parents Make With Kids
Watching for these four so-called “parenting mistakes” helps prevent relationship ruptures with your child.

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A Win-Win Solution to Getting Children to Clean Up
If you struggle with keeping common areas free of mess, here’s an easy, fun solution that everyone can get behind.

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How to Never Feel Guilty Again
Everyone feels guilty, but it’s not necessary. Here’s how to deal with guilt in a new way that promotes healing and self-acceptance.

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Tough Behaviors, What Parents Can Do
How to Use Loving Discipline
Using “loving discipline” means staying connected to your child as you discipline him. This makes disciplining more effective and creates healthy narratives in kids.

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What Parents Can Do
Letting Go of Shame
Shame is a toxic emotion in adults and kids. It eats us from the inside. But it doesn’t have to live and breed in us. Here’s a new way to see things so that shame literally becomes a thing of the past.

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How to Find a Therapist and Get the Most From Therapy
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How to Find a Therapist and Get the Most From Therapy
An insider’s guide to finding, evaluating, and working with a therapist.

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What Parents Can Do
How to Bond With Your Child Through Playing: What No One Else is Telling You
One of the best ways to connect with your child is through attuned play, but it’s not always obvious how to do it or what it actually looks like. This post tells you how.

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Following Through: What Often Gets in a Parent’s Way
If discipling a child–especially following through–is hard to do, here’s what might be getting in your way.

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Specific Situations, What Parents Can Do
Ruptures and Repair: the 4 Steps You Need to Know
All parents make mistakes, and repairing things afterwards with our kid is not just incredibly important, it can feel incredibly good, too. Here’s how…

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