by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 16, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Mindset, Relationships
Would you consider yourself someone who says “yes” or “no” more often? Recently, I was listening to a podcast where the woman being interviewed talked about the fact that her default answer to everything is “No.” Her justification for this choice is two-fold; first,...
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 Frankie Johnston | May 14, 2019 | connection, Relationships
Everybody has a hero and thinks about heroes differently. I think a hero is someone who is kind and generous and most of all helpful. The person who displays all of these qualities is my uncle Robby who has always been there for me. The first reason why my...
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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