New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions for Perfectly Imperfect People.

Dec 27, 2018 at 01:30 pm by aGentleDrLaura

Last night my husband and I watched a movie starring one of my favorite movie and television heroes. Handsome, brave and headstrong, sometimes rude, and yes, afraid of heights.... Read More
Dads2Dads

Dads2Dads: Take A Moment To Make A Moment

Dec 27, 2018 at 12:27 pm by Dads2Dads

It only takes a moment to have a meaningful interaction with your child. That is the focus of the campaign for good parenting from the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearing.... Read More
Christmas

Christmas Thoughts for Perfectly Imperfect Parents

Dec 20, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

In 1977, when my youngest was 2 years old, I took a psychology class that hit me right smack dab inside my perfect parenting prejudices. I had them! Too many shoulds I believe.... Read More
Dads2Dads

Dads2Dads: How to effectively communicate with your children

Dec 18, 2018 at 11:00 am by Dads2Dads

In his best selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey says, “Children desperately want to open up, even more to their parents than to their pe.... Read More
New Year's Resolution

Don't make just another New Year's Resolution; Surrender your struggles to Him

Dec 18, 2018 at 07:00 am by dhutchins

Christmas lights, snowflakes, family gatherings, new additions, loss and stress. It’s the time of year where so many of our feelings start knocking at our heart louder.... Read More
Parenting Anger

Parents Corner: Three Steps and Five Questions to Turn Parenting Anger into Parenting Success

Dec 17, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

 Everyone gets angry sometimes. But there is anger and then there is destructive anger in your home. Most of us don’t want to harm our children. And one way to prev.... Read More
A Christmas Carol

The Ghosts of Christmas: Remember. Remind. Renew.

Dec 17, 2018 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

On December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens was published. Capturing the zeitgeist or “spirit of the times”, acknowledging west.... Read More