by Bonnie Harris | Oct 20, 2021 | Anxiety, Communication, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Questions and Answers, School, social media, Teens
Q. How should I respond to a child (12yo) who is always late (takes too long to get dressed, takes long showers, keeps skipping breakfast because she takes too long to get ready for school) and she responds: “I am lazy”. What can I do to assist her in...
by Bonnie Harris | Feb 17, 2021 | Anger Management, Coaching & Counseling, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting
Q. My 6 yr. old son is worrying me to death. He seems to wake up in the morning with a wish to hurt as many things as he can – including me and sister. He has even screamed at his grandparents. If anyone so much as looks at him funny or tells him to do anything, he...
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 | Oct 19, 2020 | Confident Parents, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Holidays, Questions and Answers
Q. I have a very strong-willed, acting out 8-year-old boy. I only recently read and started implementing your 8 principles book and watched your YouTube videos and am trying to implement your “connective parenting” approach which has already been very helpful. But I...
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 | Jan 11, 2019 | Activities, Communication, Discipline, Everyday living
Kids don’t want to do chores. That’s a fact. Expect this. That doesn’t mean let them off the hook. It is essential for our kids to be contributing members of the family to develop an investment in and consideration for their family members. A family is a team. When...
