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 | Feb 28, 2020 | Discipline, Questions and Answers
Q. What is the right approach to give pocket money to 7.5 year old? I’m confused between giving some amount on a weekly basis as pocket money and keeping a list of chores which can be done to earn money. I don’t want her to think work needs to be done only when...
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...
by Bonnie Harris | Oct 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Communication, Current Events, Mental Health, Questions and Answers, Teens
Q. There were recently two child suicides in neighboring towns to us in less than two weeks, one of them a 13 year old. How does this happen? How can I protect my tween from a similar fate? I am at a loss. What is happening in the world?? A. Too many children all over...
by Bonnie Harris | Sep 29, 2019 | Communication, Questions and Answers, Teens
Q. My 9 yo son recently stole some money, told me he didn’t, and that his friends must have. Then he planted the money in his sister’s room to frame her before telling me to, “search my room”. I’ve no idea what to say or do. I asked him repeatedly. I left a pot out...
