When Your Kid Doesn’t Get Their Way!
When your kid doesn’t get what they want, all hell can break loose! Their behavior can run the gamut from whining to throwing and...
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Kathy Whitham
Oct 22 min read
A Roadmap to Better Communication With Your Child
In order for your child to talk to you, they need to feel heard. The path to communication goes through the essential parenting skill of...
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Kathy Whitham
May 12 min read
Improve Communication with your Child with this Baby Step
In order for your child to talk to you, they need to feel heard and understood. An essential parenting skill that improves communication...
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Kathy Whitham
Apr 222 min read
But Then What Do I Do About My Child's Behavior?!
It’s one thing to understand that your child’s behavior is a communication of stress or anxiety. It’s quite another thing to know what to...
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Kathy Whitham
Mar 61 min read
Improve Communication with Your Child or Teen Using 1 Skill
Validate! Validate! Validate! Today I invite you to consider validation - an essential and under emphasized parenting skill - as the...
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Kathy Whitham
Feb 72 min read
When you lose it with you child or teen, Repair Is Your Way Back!
I talk a lot on this blog about how to keep from losing it with your kiddo: How to understand what’s happening with them when it comes to...
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Kathy Whitham
Jan 302 min read
Calm Confidence Despite Tough Child Behavior
Here’s a new way to think about your child’s button-pushing behaviors that will help you respond with calm confidence rather than react...
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Kathy Whitham
Jan 222 min read
How to Listen So Your Kid Talks To You...
The most common frustration I hear from parents and caregivers is “They won’t listen!” I feel you!! It can be so hard to listen when what...
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Kathy Whitham
Jan 81 min read
You Get It Right More Often Than You Realize...
Happy New Year! As we begin another year together, I want you to know... You get it right more often than you realize. I know it doesn’t...
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Kathy Whitham
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Strengthen Connection with your Child!
Validate! Validate! Validate! What a great take away from a recent coaching session. You want your child to be emotionally and socially...
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Kathy Whitham
Sep 26, 20231 min read
To Improve Communication -- Talk Less. Listen More.
Here's a Quick Tip for a Quick Win with your parenting... >>To improve communication -- Talk Less. Listen More<< The other day, my 20...
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Kathy Whitham
Aug 15, 20232 min read
3 Magic Words For Better Communication
Knowing what to do in the face of resistance and pushback from your child or teen can boost your confidence in your parenting skills and...
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Kathy Whitham
Oct 16, 20202 min read
A No-Yell™ Approach When Your Kid Says, "No!"
Sometimes feelings are messy! They go outside the lines, spill on the floor or splatter on your clothes. Sometimes they’re not nice. Was...
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Kathy Whitham
Mar 10, 20202 min read
How To Protect Your Child From Catching Fear
With all that’s going on in the world these days, there’s a palpable increase in stress all around us. Our primitive brains can’t help...
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Kathy Whitham
Feb 27, 20202 min read
The Difficulty of Disappointment
For weeks, Lily had poured her heart and soul into running for 1st grade class representative in her new school. She wanted it so badly!...
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Kathy Whitham
Feb 13, 20202 min read
How to Be The Anchor -- 3 Essential Strategies
Imagine your child is like a boat on the waves. Sometimes they float gently, but often your child is tossed by the waves or even caught...
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