by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Oct 8, 2019 | Big Ideas, parenting
Have you ever been to a protest? When I was growing up, one of the events our family participated in every year was a Walk for Peace in Vancouver, BC. This annual Walk for Peace began in 1982 to protest the escalating nuclear arms race and advocate for redirecting...
by Hernan Chousa | Sep 17, 2019 | parenting, Self-reflection
I have been a parent for around twenty years now to two amazing kids. Lately, I have been reflecting on my performance as a parent. Like all parents, I have made mistakes and I have made some good calls. Looking back, I realize that parenting involves a lot of...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 3, 2019 | Big Ideas, parenting, Relationships
Right now I’m working on building my skills as a parent. Specifically, I’m working on developing the skills to use the collaborative and proactive solutions approach to parenting developed by Dr. Ross Greene in his book The Explosive Child. Dr. Ross Greene...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | May 7, 2019 | Big Ideas, parenting, Relationships
Some people think that the skills you need to be effective parents are innate. This belief is especially common if you have grown up in a household with a strong, connected and caring parent or a set of parents who have provided positive parenting role models. There...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Apr 24, 2019 | parenting, Relationships
Do you ever ask your children to complete a task but they don’t do it? I have been reading a lot of parenting books lately to develop new skills and techniques to communicate respectfully and effectively with my kids. And I recently learned about a great tool...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Mar 19, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, parenting, Relationships
It’s just ten minutes a day and it has already had an amazing impact. For the last two months, our family has implemented ten minutes a day of quality time between each parent and each of our children. This is a first and most important tip in Amy McCready’s book...
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