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Competent Parenting Feels Good!
Recently I’m noticing where competence lives in my body. It’s a warm feeling that radiates from my chest when I feel good about doing...

Kathy Whitham
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Why You Can't Reason With a Child Meltdown-and the parenting skill that helps!
Do you find yourself resorting to reasoning, bribing or consequencing your child when they’re melting down because you don’t know what...

Kathy Whitham
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Can't My Child Just Use Their Words?!
You know that your 4 year old or 8 year old or 15 year old can be incredibly articulate when they want to be. So, what the actual f* is...

Kathy Whitham
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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When You Do Better, Your Child Does Better
How often do you find yourself thinking you’re supposed to know what to do, when it comes to parenting, or at least be able to figure it...

Kathy Whitham
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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How To Handle a Meltdown/Tantrum
For kids to develop resilience, they need to learn to be ok with big feelings. Here's a quick tip for a quick win with your parenting>>> ...

Kathy Whitham
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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Why won’t my child behave at home?? They seem able to behave at school!!
I want to connect with you today to talk about a question that came up at office hours today. “Why can my 5 year old behave really well...

Kathy Whitham
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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How Your Child or Teen's Behavior Is Like An Iceberg!
Today I want to talk to you about how picturing an iceberg can help you feel calmer in the face of frustrating and unwanted behaviors and...

Kathy Whitham
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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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! ...

Kathy Whitham
Feb 27, 20202 min read
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Cheese Stick or Time Out?
Today I’m thinking about how our kids WANT TO please us (despite appearances to the contrary sometimes!) Baby humans can’t survive on...

Kathy Whitham
Sep 10, 20181 min read
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