Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success One of the biggest “ah-ha” moments in my journey as a parent was shifting away from a deficit perspective to a strengths-based approach. There were so many challenges in those early years after my son Continue reading WW #016: Stop trying to fix what’s wrong
Weekly WINGS Wisdom and Inspiration Nurturing Growth and Success The Power of Hope One of the most challenging things about parenting (and teaching) is creating and keeping a hopeful vision of a good future – both for our children, and for ourselves. It can Continue reading WW #004: What’s your story?
We went to the Emergency Room today. Again. I’m not really sure if it was the 47th time or the 74th time. It’s a “score” I’d rather not keep. It has been a long time since we’ve had to go Continue reading Emergency Room Visit Number 47
For many years, teachers and parents have been concerned about self-esteem and have looked at ways to increase children’s feelings of their own abilities, potential, and worth as human beings. However, focusing on self-esteem doesn’t always help in the long Continue reading What is “self compassion” and why is it essential?
This is a post that I’ve been thinking about for the past several weeks… I wasn’t sure if the timing was right or not, but I’ve decided that there’s no better time than the present, so here we go… This Continue reading It’s time to tell you this…
So much of the advice that I see about how to parent adopted kids deals with coming to terms with their trauma, grief, and brokenness. While I believe that this is an important place to start, I don’t think we should Continue reading Strong and in Control