by Julie Johnson | Sep 27, 2016 | Children
Getting out of the house in the morning can be tough, and sometimes picking kids up after school is no tea party either! Here are a few strategies to try if you find yourself yelling, bribing, punishing, or frequently frustrated with your child before the day has even...
by Julie Johnson | Jul 26, 2016 | Children
Summer vacation should be a time when the family feels more connected. So why is it often so stressful? In June, my stepdaughter and I flew to New York City, just the two of us, to chase the impossible dream of seeing the Broadway musical, Hamilton.I treated those...
by Julie Johnson | Mar 17, 2016 | Children
One simple, yet surprisingly hard thing to do as a parent is to simply be quiet and let our children talk…or cry, laugh, giggle, sing, and scream. Working with parents of little ones and bigger kids, I hear it all the time. It’s hard to be quiet and not interrupt,...
by Julie Johnson | Dec 19, 2015 | Children
You try to negotiate, you talk sweet, you bribe them, you give them consequences, and then…you lose it.  Getting kids to cooperate can be tough!  If they would just get dressed in the morning like you asked, ate everything that you put on their plate, stopped...
by Julie Johnson | Nov 28, 2015 | Children
        Parenting is triggering. There’s no way around that. We get tense when our toddlers won’t put their shoes on, or when our six year old screams at us and kicks the door, or pushes her glass of milk off the table instead of eating her greens.And then we come...
