The Parenting Coach: Ain’t Misbehaving

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

So often parents are faced with kids ‘behaving badly’. Kids talk back, they yell, they kick and scream, and sometimes they even lie. When our children behave in ways we don’t like, our inclination is to…

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The Parenting Coach: Learning to Trust Your Children

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

I recently watched the movie God Grew Tired of Us.  It’s a documentary that tells the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan: a group of 1,000s of very young, orphaned refugees who were forced to…

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The Parenting Coach: Empowering Independent Thinkers

BY GILA BROWN M.A.

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at the CCPPNS Annual Conference.  For those of you unfamiliar with the organization, California Children’s Parent Participation Nursery Schools, it is a statewide organization founded on the principle that…

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The Parenting Coach: Name That Tone: It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

It’s been said that as much as 90 percent of the meaning transmitted between two people in face-to-face communication is nonverbal. Intuitively, we all know that; having spent our entire lives attempting to effectively convey our…

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The Parenting Coach: Pick your Battles

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

During a recent trip to a local department store, I approached the down escalator to find that it had stopped working. A woman about halfway down looked back up at her husband and said, (I kid…

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The Parenting Coach: Tips for Stressed Out Moms

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

The sentiment among my most recent clients has been the same. Mom is overwhelmed. Mom’s are waking up early, getting the laundry started, struggling to get the kids dressed and out the door, staying home with…

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The Parenting Coach: Warning—Radical Thinking on Re-evaluating Our Education System

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

Last year, CNN reported a story about college students outsourcing their homework. Apparently, there are many online companies that, for the right price will, provide a student with a unique essay or term paper on any…

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The Parenting Coach: Locating Our Inner Holiday Spirit

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ~ Denis Waitley

While getting in the holiday spirit ought to be…

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The Parenting Coach: Too Much Talking, Not Enough Listening

BY GILA BROWN, M.A.

On a recent flight to visit relatives for the holidays, I overheard a little boy ask, “Daddy, how do you make airplanes?”  His sweet little voice and inquisitive curiosity made me smile, but his father was…

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The Parenting Coach: On Missing Shoes & Unmade Beds

BY GILA BROWN

Wouldn’t it be nice if clothes and toys weren’t scattered across the floor, or if every shoe knew the whereabouts of its mate?

Having a clean and organized space gives us a sense of control. It’s, undoubtedly,…

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