BlogWe Teach Our Children Best By Our Example
A few days ago I spent the morning with my friend Amy, a 45 year-old mom and her 12 year-old daughter, Sara. For more than an hour we talked about…
BlogThe Gift Of Holding Your Child For The First Time
My daughter was born 30 years ago and I can still remember the first moment that I held her, as if it were yesterday. After 28 hours of labor I…
BlogLeading Your Children Instead of Bossing Them
By Kathy Slattengren. Bossing children around tends to produce resistance instead of cooperation. How does the thought of being managed by someone else make you feel? Irritated? Angry? Rebellious? If…
BlogHelping Kids Gain Positive Control Over Their Thoughts
By Kathy Slattengren. How often are your children thinking negative thoughts about themselves? Sometimes you know their thoughts are negative because they blurt out something like "I'll never get this!"…
BlogCreating Your Frazzle-Free Family
Consider the last time your everyone in your family was having fun and not feeling frazzled. What was happening that contributed to things going so well? Below are some of…
BlogImproving Your Children’s Motivation
By Kathy Slattengren. Do you ever wish your children were more motivated in school, sports or playing an instrument? Many parents try hard to motivate their kids by giving rewards…
BlogHow Wanting Kids to Be Happy Can Lead to Raising Self-Centered, Unhappy Children
By Kathy Slattengren. Desiring happiness for their children is a goal shared by most parents. However, when parents focus too much energy on ensuring their children's happiness, they can unintentionally…
BlogDecreasing Your Family’s Tension by Changing Your Tone
By Kathy Slattengren. When you walk into an office, a store or someone's home, you immediately get a sense for that place. It might be warm and welcoming or cold…
BlogEmpowered YOUth: 5 Ways to Restore Peace and Repair Connection in Your Family
By Michael Eisen. In a day and age where parents and kids text more than they talk, where a family that doesn't feud is an anomaly, and where the one…
Blog10 Tips for Inspiring Your Kids to Be the Best They Can Be
By Laura Burkey. Children are our pathway to the future, and their well-being is paramount to our world's and our family's survival. When we are at our best, we can…
BlogOverpower the past… Empower the Present!
I was the baby in the family, born 11 and 8 years, respectively, after my siblings. Not until just a few years ago did I hear that my mother "farmed out"…
BlogTop 7 Children’s Books Sure to Inspire Your Little Ones
There are few things a parent can do that are more beneficial than reading to and with their children. Reading not only gives kids a head start for school and…
Brilliance#1 Thing in Life? Family
For me, there's more to life than money. For me, it's all about people and relationships and in particular it's about the relationships we have within our own families -…
BlogSponsored: Love is a Power Tool + Other Fun Tips for Happier Parenting
Love can single-handedly mend a broken day, establish an exciting new relationship, or reinforce a happy, internal bond with ourselves. Love is an omnipotent tool that has the uncanny ability…
BrillianceThe Wisdom That’s Saved My Sanity
The first thing I would share would be to stop at nothing to know the truth. Particularly the truth about who you are, your relationship to the Divine, and what…
Brilliance5 Ways to Give Your Children High Self-Esteem
What would you be doing right now if you truly believed in yourself? The quality and destiny of our life is greatly determined by our level of self-esteem. If we…
BrillianceSet The Stage For Your Child’s Life
I've learned that childhood is simply too precious to ignore. Have you ever stopped to think about how your childhood affects you? Childhood is the ground level in this life.…
BrillianceLife Lessons from Parenting
If you're interested in learning some incredible life lessons, become a parent! Being a parent is filled with daily chances to learn some of life's most important lessons. Just Go…
Ask a LuminaryHow Can I Manage My Teenagers?
"I used to think I was a great parent, before my 3 kids became teenagers. There are days when I don't know who these kids are, and I'm embarrassed to admit…
Ask a LuminaryHow Can I Handle My Kids?
"My kids are driving me crazy. How can I get them to do what I want them to do, when I need them to do it?" Your kids are seeking…
Ask a LuminaryHow Can I Control My Kids’ Backtalk?
"I'm sick and tired of my kids' mouthing off at me. How can I control my kids’ backtalk?" ~ Michael, Nashville, TN Backtalk is certainly something you don’t want to…
BlogBouncing with Style: Play Your Position
First of all, let me clarify that after playing grade-school and high school soccer, it was shocking to me as to how little I retained about the sport other than…
Ask a LuminaryHow Do I Both Save My New Marriage and Be a Good Parent?
"My daughter (18) asked to move in with me and her step mom (my second marriage) for a week or two. Instead she moved in indefinitely with all her belongings…
Ask a LuminaryASK SARA: How Can I Help My Sensitive, Psychic Children?
"Hi Sara, God, my guides or my intuition guided me to my local library of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada and to your book Votre Enfant Medium. I am currently reading your book with great…
Ask a LuminaryHow Do I Deal with My Son’s Addiction?
"My 26 year old son just came out of a very expensive rehab and seems to be relapsing. He lies to me blatantly. Should I be loving, strict, throw him…
BlogThe Extra Kiss (Poem)
The extra kiss, that extra hug Your kids keep asking for at night. Their blanket isn’t very snug, And pillow isn’t feeling right The water bottle you just filled…
CoursesHomework Headaches
If you’re tired of feeling like home-life is hijacked by school stress, or watching helplessly while your smart child struggles with school, then this program may just be the answer to your prayers.Elaine Taylor-Klaus & Diane Dempster's Homework Headaches offers the tools you need to support your kids without feeling like your family is being held hostage by school!
A comprehensive training program, Homework Headaches is available online, 24/7, ANY time you need it, so you can go at your own pace and learn how to support your kids – without having to drive anywhere. The program combines training and coaching, exercises and strategies, and includes monthly calls with an ImpactADHD Coach.
Don't give up on your child’s education, or sacrifice your relationship with your child just to get school-work done. If school stress is making you crazy, let Homework Headaches restore your sanity!
CoursesMinimize Meltdowns
Are you tired of your child’s moods being out of control? Do you yell at your kids more than you’d like? Elaine Taylor-Klaus & Diane Dempster's Minimize Meltdowns will help you become the calm & confident parent you want to be – which is the best way to raise your child to be an independent and successful adult!
A comprehensive training program, Minimize Meltdowns is available online, 24/7, ANY time you need it. That way you can go at your own pace and learn how to support your kids – without having to drive anywhere. The program combines training and coaching, exercises and strategies, and includes monthly group calls with an ImpactADHD Coach.
Don't surrender to emotional catastrophe: you can learn the tricks and tools you need to calm yourself down and teach your child to do the same.
Let Minimize Meltdowns help you find the calm of a peaceful home now!
Blog10 Priceless (And Free) Gifts For Parents To Give Their Child
Many are saying this generation has bred some of the rudest, crudest and most insincere children there are. Every older generation has probably said that about the younger ones. Let’s…