by Bonnie Harris | Dec 9, 2022 | Communication, Confident Parents, Everyday Parenting, Podcast, Teens
I was so honored to sit down as a guest recently with Beth Syverson, who has created the Safe Home Podcast with her son, Joseph Nakao. It’s a terrific resource that focuses on helping struggling teens and their families find their healing path. In this episode,...
by Bonnie Harris | Nov 29, 2022 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Communication, Confident Parents, Empathy, Everyday Parenting, tantrums
Tis the season—for stress, impatience and probably some unrealistic expectations and resentment over why your family isn’t like the happy ones you see on Instagram. That means trickle down stress for your children, no matter what age. Your littlest ones may show it in...
by Bonnie Harris | Oct 18, 2022 | Anger Management, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Confident Parents, education, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Questions and Answers, Teens
Q. We have a 4-year-old turning 5 next month, and we have a lot of toilet talk going on. We’ve tried ignoring it, explaining why it’s not okay and that it’s not okay to use in our house. Nothing seems to work. He just lays around and says: penis, boobies, vagina and...
by Bonnie Harris | Oct 5, 2022 | Anger Management, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Confident Parents, Empathy, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, tantrums
Are you trying to do the right thing by validating your child’s feelings only to hear even angrier tirades? Your best intentions backfire and you don’t know why. Let’s break this down to figure out why your child is reacting negatively when you are trying to...
by Bonnie Harris | Sep 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Confident Parents, education, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Food & Wellness, Mental Health, Questions and Answers, Teens
Q. While listening to one of your insightful podcasts, “Mom, When Can I Start Watching Porn?”, I heard you say “that the best time to start introducing your children to the mechanics of sex and how babies are made and born is between 4 and 6, before...
by Bonnie Harris | Sep 6, 2022 | Anxiety, Communication, education, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health, Preschool, School, Teens
Do you teach your children that their school performance is for you? That’s one way to diminish school motivation. All parents want their children to love school and learn lots. For too many children, the school years are a prison sentence to be endured. School often...
