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How is Parenting by Connection Different from other Parenting Approaches?
What's different about this approach? Unlike other approaches, Parenting by Connection emphasizes parent-to-parent listening tools to reduce the stress of parenting. When we can talk about what parenting is like with someone who will listen with warmth and attention...
Making a Good Mix: Seven Tips for StepParents and Blended Families
Developing happy and harmonious relationships in any family comes with its challenges, but blending two different families has its own particular bumps and bright spots. It can take several years, or more, for stepfamilies to find a groove that is comfortable for...
“No, We Can’t Send Him Back”: Five Keys for Preparing Your Family for the Birth of a Sibling
Two days after my son was born, his five-year old sister carefully and quietly carried his bouncy chair to a room in the back of the house that wasn’t used much. When I walked back into the living room and found him gone, she said, “Camilo has gone to the baby...
Kathy, Mother of two in Albany, California
When I first started working with Julie, I was dealing with whining, fighting between my two daughters (3 & 7), and losing my temper. It seemed like chaos was the status quo, and I wasn’t sure how to sustain harmony, a sense of safety, and peace of mind. I...
Raining Peanut Butter Crackers
Special time is one of those Parenting by Connection “listening tools” that I both love and dread. It’s a time that you designate to be with just one child, from anywhere from five minutes to an hour, doing whatever they want to do. You refrain from texting or...
How Parenting by Connection Can Help
Introduction to Parenting by Connection
Lydia, Mother of a Five Year-Old
Julie's Building Emotional Understanding class was my first introduction to Parenting by Connection and it changed my life. Julie is a compassionate, honest, and inspiring instructor. The material and exercises changed the way I parent, helping me give myself...
Lucia, mother of three
I think that the Building Emotional Understanding Class with Julie Johnson was the best investment in parent education that I’ve ever made. On each conference call, I was reassured by the warmth in her voice, I felt respected and understood. Julie was able to answer...