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Aug

16

A Fail-Proof Way to Guarantee Gratitude Every Day

When my kids were little I wanted an easy way to start conversation at the mealtimes, so dinner started with each member sharing a success and a challenge from the day. In the beginning it was great: The stories were balanced between those two topics, and it sparked interesting, and …

Jul

23

The lost art of family dinner conversation

When was the last time you were sitting at the dinner table with your family and actually had a conversation? Are you thinking that could never happen? I’m here to tell you that not only is it possible, but it’s easy to create a family rule to put the devices …

Jul

15

3 Simple Steps to Confidence After Childbirth

I always considered myself a confident person, then in November 2003 my daughter was born.  I didn’t expect this common life shift to shake my confidence to its core, but it did.  Everyone had an opinion about how I should parent.  Their self-proclaimed expertise included topics ranging from nursing vs. …

Jun

25

Finding YOUR Way to parent

As a parent, we have a long list of what we “should” do to raise our kids. In this video, Laura explains that it’s more important to find YOUR way to parent so you can create the experience you want with your kids.…

Jun

12

Youth and Technology

If you’re like most parents, you worry about your kids being on their devices all day long and spending too much time on social media. How much is too much?  Listen to my recent radio show, Own Your Truth with Laura T where you’ll discover some interesting statistics and hear …

Apr

30

The impact of what you say

Be mindful of the “stories” you tell kids–they can be like sponges and absorb a limiting belief you have told them. In this video, Laura shares how she heard one message, and her daughter heard another. …

Mar

19

Why Building the Work Ethic Muscle is More Important than Good Grades

As parents, we frequently focus on our kids getting good grades, but becoming wedded to that outcome doesn’t teach kids the life skills they need. In this video, Laura explains why teaching your kids how to build their work ethic muscle will serve them better in life.…

Mar

7

Top 4 Lies We Tell Our Kids

Since most of us are vague with our language (there are more than 171,000 words words in the dictionary and the average person uses 20,000 of them) it’s no surprise that as parents we say lots of things with good intentions that send the wrong message to our kids.  Here …

Feb

5

Do your kids tune you out?

It’s important to teach our kids what we want them to do–and set consequences for when they don’t. In this video Laura shows how she taught her kids the consequences of not picking up their things.…

Jan

3

3 Tips to Guarantee MORE Family Fun in 2019

New Year’s Eve resolutions get a bad rap with statistics showing 80% of people give up on their goals by February and only 8% achieve their goal by year’s end.  How could this happen with all those good intentions on December 31st?  

There are many reasons; in the case …