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So You Killed Your Cat. Now What? 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
“Do you think we should tell the kids what really happened? What they don’t know won’t hurt them, right?” Recently we received these questions when a parent accidentally ran over the sleeping, aging ...
An Often Overlooked Motivator of Good Behavior… 22 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am
Many parents think that some sort of painful punishment is the best motivator for kids to improve their behavior. Other parents “focus on the positive” and offer rewards when kids do well. Research ab...
5 Favorite Tips that Never Went Viral 20 Aug 2013 | 09:08 am
At Connected Families, we get really excited about sharing our stories and the stories of the parents we meet. Whenever we publish a tip, we think, “Now THIS one they’re going to love!” But sometimes ...
Jim’s Real-life Parenting “Do-Over” — See It Live! 15 Aug 2013 | 08:10 am
As some of you know, Lynne and I provided a home for a single mom and her baby boy for his first three and a half years. As you might imagine in that setting, we had numerous learning opportunities wi...
What Will Your Child Say at Age 18? 13 Aug 2013 | 08:27 am
It’s scary to ask your 18-year-old daughter to jot a few words about how she was impacted by her parents. But I did it. Shelbi leaves for college in a week or so and we are so excited for her. As I w...
WWJD… with a Liar? 8 Aug 2013 | 07:58 am
You notice the slight nervousness as your child answers, somewhat evasively. You have that parental intuition that he is lying to you, and as you check out the facts, you find that you’re right. You f...
Helping Kids Deal with Trauma [video] 6 Aug 2013 | 07:13 am
Broken bones, scary surgeries, or moving to a new school — all these things can be traumatic experiences for kids to handle. How can parents best help their kids survive and even learn from difficult ...
How to Help Kids Follow Family Rules 1 Aug 2013 | 10:32 am
When it comes to family rules, a common mistake parents make is to not clearly define the rules! What is acceptable and what is not in a family can be a moving target depending on the whims of a paren...
5 Ancient Pearls of Wisdom from the CF Vault 30 Jul 2013 | 08:22 am
OK, so these posts might not qualify as “ancient”… but they’re pretty old in internet years! Here are five “oldies but goodies” that we dusted off from the Connected Families Vault, plus a few bonus o...
The Powerful Role of Empathy in Discipline 25 Jul 2013 | 06:25 am
Could it be that the reason Jesus is so appealing to us, the reason we want to follow him, is that we see throughout the Gospels that he “gets” people? He knows us. He understands us. He meets us wher...
