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...
by Julie Johnson | Oct 14, 2015 | Children
When our children become paralyzed with fear, it’s hard to know how to help them! A father I know remembers seeing his son in this state during a family vacation at Lake George at the base of the Adirondack Mountains. His son, eight years old at the time, wanted to...
by Julie Johnson | Jul 21, 2015 | Children
Children today are spending very little time outdoors. According to the National Wildlife Federation, “The average American boy or girl spends just four to seven minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day, and more than seven hours each day in front of an...
by Julie Johnson | Mar 24, 2015 | Children
by Julie Johnson | Jan 3, 2015 | Children
Happy 2015! I love this time of year—something about being able to start anew and the excitement of what lies ahead. It’s also a good time to reflect on the year that passed, appreciate ourselves as parents, and put our attention towards the things we want to change...
