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Truth in Parenting
Tearing your hair out over lack of sleep, daycare decisions, homework enforcement, or what to do with the toddler tantrum? Want to feel better about your own tantrum as you try and manage it all? Read my Truth in Parenting blog for evidence-based reassurance (The Art and Science of . . . ), my own True Mom Confessions, and get a sneak peek of what my book offers with Autonomy-Supportive Parenting Diaries. Not sure where to start? Try here.
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How to Keep the Love of the Game
Let’s shout it from the rooftops: internal motivation is what often leads to better performance over the long run. And persistence. And joy.
How can we nurture internal motivation as a vehicle for performance, skill growth, and staying with activities instead of quitting? How can we help preserve the love of the game? Or instrument. Or performing art.
Youth Sports and Intensive Parenting: Travel Soccer Confessions
Youth sports has been swept up in the intensive parenting tsunami, becoming yet another symbol of our status and success as parents while wreaking destruction on family life, family budgets, and even the love of the game.
Youth Sports in Overdrive: Is it Worth it?
It seems that if our kids want to play a sport, there’s no other option besides doing it at ultra-high competition levels starting at young ages. This requires many hours and even more dollars. Say goodbye to family dinners, family vacations, and college savings, all in the name of . . . what exactly?