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 | Jul 5, 2022 | Anxiety, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Confident Parents, Current Events, education, Empathy, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health
After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, I wrote an article called Look for the Helpers inspired by Fred Rogers. I am redoing it with the same basic message—sadly because so much more has happened. Not only has gun violence increased, but our democracy and our...
by Bonnie Harris | Jun 8, 2022 | education, Everyday living, Teens
As parents, our goal is to prepare our children for adult life, independence, and successful living. A key component of this is ensuring they have the best understanding of personal finance as possible. However, this can be a daunting task, especially if we, as...
by Bonnie Harris | Apr 27, 2022 | Communication, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Play
Q: Our bedtime pattern seems to be my 4-yr-old daughter pushing limits until there’s a consequence; then she sulks. Two nights ago, for example, she had a couple of little stuffed animals that she was giving voices to that kept interrupting story-time. I said...
by Bonnie Harris | Apr 26, 2022 | Activities, education, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting
April 15, 2022 Teresa Siqueira This article first appeared in Porch Playing involves so much more than just having fun. It’s an essential activity for kids to have a healthy development. As parents, you can adapt any space at home and design a playroom where your kids...
