by Bonnie Harris | Jul 9, 2021 | Activities, Communication, Current Events, Everyday Parenting
This summer, especially following this Covid-fraught school year, I want to revisit my Be more, teach less philosophy. Kids love summer. It’s a time to be laid back and let go of all the tension around schoolwork and grades. And this year especially, after the stress...
by Bonnie Harris | May 21, 2021 | Activities, Communication, Everyday Parenting, Screentime
Q. My son is 15 years old, so that means I shouldn’t tell him what to do, right? We have a pool, and I’d rather he swim than play video games. He prefers the latter. He seems to be all done with pool games as are his friends. When they come over, they sit with their...
by Bonnie Harris | Jan 20, 2021 | Activities, Coaching & Counseling, Everyday living, Questions and Answers, Screentime
Q. I don’t know what to do anymore about screens. My 9 and 12 year olds are not only on screens all day for school but then they crave playing their games and it’s all I can do not to just give up. I hate the way they behave when they get off and we end up in some...
by Bonnie Harris | Apr 10, 2020 | Activities, Anxiety, Current Events, Discipline
These are dark times even though it’s getting lighter outside. None of us ever imagined—even a month ago—that we would be sheltered in our homes, fearing the coronavirus, learning daily the frightening number of new cases and deaths, unable to get together with...
by Bonnie Harris | Jan 10, 2020 | Activities, Current Events, Everyday living, Holidays
The key to becoming a better and happier parent is NOT to add on more to-dos. Especially expectations of yourself and your kids none of you can be successful meeting. You’ll all feel worse. You may want to do things better, but I promise that most likely means doing...
by Bonnie Harris | Nov 26, 2019 | Activities, Communication, Holidays, Questions and Answers
Q. I have worked hard to raise my boys, 5 and 8, very differently from how I was raised. I have followed your principles of Connective Parenting and want to stick with them. One of my boys is very strong-willed and, as you say, “won’t take no for an answer”. The other...
