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Preparing Your Child for Passion

September 25, 2019 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 41 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] What are the main factors in youthful passion? Right around the time puberty hits, a child usually feels a surge of passion about Continue Reading

How Parents Should Think About Rebellion

May 2, 2019 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 40 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] How to start putting authority in perspective People tend to have two equally unhelpful, extreme views toward authority. 1) Continue Reading

The Truth About Children and Peer Pressure

March 14, 2019 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 39 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Where does peer pressure come from? Parents often talk about peer pressure like it is some kind of mystical evil force. They think at Continue Reading

Helping Children Learn How to Evaluate Adults

December 12, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 38 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Variations on adult interactions with children If you, as parents, have good relationships with your children, they come to respect and Continue Reading

Helping Children Grow into Independence

November 19, 2018 by Laura Blodgett 3 Comments

[Week 37 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] What does it mean to be independent? A basic definition of independent is to be free from the rule of others. In other nuances of the Continue Reading

Telling Your Children the Truth about Drugs and Alcohol

November 11, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 36 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Honest basics about substances What would an honest discussion of drugs and alcohol look like? If you are having a conversation with one Continue Reading

Helping Your Child Learn How to Handle a Schedule

October 5, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 35 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Don’t cut yourself on the schedule Schedules are like knives. They can cut things into bite size, digestible pieces or they can cut Continue Reading

How Your Attitude About Gender Affects Your Relationship with Your Child

August 1, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 34 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Should you say gender or sex? The word gender is currently the hockey puck in some major political battles. It reminds me of discussions Continue Reading

How to Read a Book Relationally with Your Child

July 16, 2018 by Laura Blodgett 1 Comment

[Week 33 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Not all reading is equal Reading together was a central part of life when my children were growing up.  This was enhanced by us teaching Continue Reading

How to Protect Your Children from Propaganda Induced Outrage

July 4, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[Week 32 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]   If you want to be outraged, you can find a reason There is always something horrible going on somewhere. In fact, horrible things Continue Reading

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