by cheetahdesign | May 28, 2026 | Communication, Discipline, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health
Does this sound familiar? (read with a tone of frustration and blame) Don’t do that! You know you’re not supposed to…. What do I have to do to get you to listen to me? Stop hitting. Cut it out. How many times do I have to tell you?! Quiet down, you’re just too much!...
by Bonnie Harris | May 6, 2026 | Coaching & Counseling, Confident Parents, Empathy, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health
Dear Mom/ Step Mom/ Grandmother/ Surrogate Mother You know that thing you did last Tuesday? The thing that took about four minutes and that no one acknowledged, maybe no one even noticed? You tracked the unsigned permission slip with several phone calls to make sure...
by Bonnie Harris | Mar 12, 2026 | Anxiety, Coaching & Counseling, Communication, Empathy, Mental Health
Most of us believe we see our children clearly. We know their faces, their moods, the particular way they go quiet when something is wrong. We show up. We ask questions. We pay attention. And still, we can look right at them and miss them entirely. Not because we...
by Bonnie Harris | Feb 19, 2026 | Anxiety, Confident Parents, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Mental Health, Teens
There is a question that we ask again and again in our parenting classes, especially as our kids grow and push against their comfort zones: Is this unsafe, or just uncomfortable? In a world that is increasingly aware of emotional and physical safety, many parents find...
by Bonnie Harris | Jan 9, 2026 | Generational Trauma, Mental Health, Teens
Parenting has a way of touching places inside us we thought had long since healed over. Sometimes it brings joy, sometimes tenderness—and sometimes it brushes against old wounds we haven’t dared revisit. Lately, I’ve been sitting with one of those moments. My...
by Bonnie Harris | Dec 11, 2025 | Holidays, Mental Health
Every year, the holiday season arrives with its bright lights, traditions, and a quiet but powerful cultural pressure to create something magical. We can’t help but feel it in the pile of to-dos, school and family events on the calendar, the “perfect” images online,...
