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Your words, actions and even expressions lift your child up or squash his spirit. Let us know! How do you help your child's spirit soar!


Spirit Breakers

* Squashing Dreams – Your little boy tells you that when he grows up he wants to be an astronaut and fly to outer space. Trying to instill some reason in him, you inform him of how difficult it is to be an astronaut, etc.



* Belittling Talent – Your… Continue

3 Reasons Honor Begins at Home

We all wish to grow healthy, happy relationships with our children. We interact, play and talk with our children to enjoy one another and feel connected. In those moments when we are in conflict with our kids at home, we wonder "What can I do to enhance my relatio

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2010 is here whether you were ready for it or not. Trailing in its sparkly, sugary, tempestuous wake are dozens of New Year’s Resolutions—lose those extra five pounds, spend more time with your kids, learn all the presidents in alphabetical order, take the time to appreciate your family by sharing memorable moments.

The New Year is a symbol of another chance to “get it right,” an annual beacon of hope. But hope isn’t just passively wishing and waiting for something to happen. Hope leads to the… Continue

Hearing a lot lately about the importance of feeding your children protein at each meal? Proteins are indeed important. Here’s why.

Proteins are the building blocks for the cells in our bodies. There are many reasons why proteins are important to consume one reason is that protein contains essential amino acids.

Proteins are large molecules made up of smaller chemicals called amino acids. Humans need 20 different amino acids in order to produce all the proteins in our bodies. We can synthesize… Continue

School is in and some kids are pretty stressed-out.

Help your kids develop a sense of internal peace with a skills monitoring tool like this one. It's easy and fun. This takes just a few minutes a day and leads to more skillful happier families.

You may know children who hit or call names, only to blame the other children for their behavioral choices. Sometimes these children blame others in order to justify their own behavior. More often, however, they have not developed the self-awareness, p… Continue