by Bonnie Harris | Apr 9, 2026 | Communication, Confident Parents, Discipline, Everyday Parenting, tantrums
Your three-year-old throws herself on the ground at the playground right as you try to leave. Your seven-year-old has a complete meltdown at a birthday party, in front of every parent you know. Your teen yells quite loudly in the restaurant, “Would you just leave me...
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 | Feb 6, 2026 | Activities, Confident Parents, Everyday living, Everyday Parenting, Expectations
One of the hardest parts of parenting (especially for thoughtful, attuned parents) is resisting the urge to help. Not the neglectful kind of stepping back, but the very human impulse to jump in, fix, remind, rescue, explain, or smooth the path when our children are...
by Bonnie Harris | Jan 22, 2026 | Anxiety, Bullying, Confident Parents, School, Teens
School refusal is one of the most frustrating experiences a parent handles. One day your child is getting ready and heading out the door, and the next, they’re clinging to you, melting down, shutting down, or flat-out refusing to go. You find yourself cycling through...
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...
