Why do we judge? It is because something that we are not aware of gives us anxiety. It’s such a common thing; we do it with everybody. It’s not the gender variant people; we have cases of body-shaming, colorism, and racism. Acceptance is a process. Parents who do have transitioning children may need to up their game and become more …

When we blame our kids, saying that they didn’t do well enough, that they should do better, and that “I’m going to take your phone until you do better,” it’s putting in their minds that they’ve done something wrong. What if we were able to get a little curious and ask more questions? What if you, as a parent, actually …

Blaming and shaming our kids becomes something more than just punishing your child; your child feels bad. Actually, when we blame and shame our children, what we are doing is taking away their self-worth. I have a client I was working with, and his parents told him that he had to get all A’s. If he didn’t get all A’s, …

When we teach our kids to celebrate, when we teach them to be their own raving fans, can you imagine how that will stack through their lifetime? Can you imagine what it would feel like to be able to celebrate themselves and not wait for someone in the audience to celebrate them? I remember being at one of my children’s …

Parenting doesn’t come easy all the time. I get so busy as a parent doing the work that we need to do. Even if we’re not working, like we’re on the weekends, we’re doing chores, we’re doing laundry, and all of a sudden your child does something and we stop. What are we doing? We tell them, “You shouldn’t be …

A punishment is if your child comes home and they’re not doing their chores, they’re not doing their homework, and you’re taking the iPad away from them, or you’re taking something away from them. That is a punishment. If we were going to flip that around and make it a reward, it’s because they don’t have it yet. In order …

Trust is something that is the foundation of all relationships, not just with you and your business partner, not just with you and your friend, or you and your partner, but also with our children. How are we building trust with our children? Trust is definitely two-way. One of the ways that we want to trust our children is when …

When I was a young child, I would always hear the things that I was not doing right instead of all the things that I was doing correctly. Between what I was hearing at home and getting made fun of at school, my inner voice was not very nice to me. My inner voice never celebrated me; my inner voice …

How do you know your kids love you? How do you know that when your kids show you love, you show them love? Let’s talk about Dr. Gary Chapman’s “The 5 Love Languages,” acts of service, quality time, touch, gifts, and words of affirmation. Have you already taken the five love languages and know your top two? Mine, personally, are …

When you look back on your year of 2023, what are you celebrating today? Did you accomplish all you said you would? What about your goals or New Year resolutions? There was a time in my life that I would set goals around this time of year. I would reflect on my past year, looking at what did I learn …