Summary: Many parents want to know how to manage screen time without imposing limits or restrictions. In this article, I share my connection-based approach to navigating screen time. The answer is to focus on building as close and connected relationship as possible so that it becomes more important to your child than screens.
For parents committed to building unbreakable bonds, this guide teaches the critical skill of real emotional support. Learn practical steps to replace dismissive habits with empathy and validation. Discover how your daily choices can cultivate trust, emotional intelligence, and lifelong confidence in your child, transforming your relationship from the ground up.
If you feel triggered and overwhelmed by your child’s meltdowns, you are not alone. The solution lies not in new parenting scripts, but in healing the parts of us that get activated. Discover how doing your own inner work is the most powerful way to create a peaceful, connected relationship.
As a peaceful parenting coach, I help parents move beyond boundaries and limit-setting to foster genuine connection and trust. In this article, I explain why traditional approaches can undermine relationships, and I share how a connection-first mindset promotes resilience, emotional intelligence, and long-term self-worth and confidence.
Many people wonder why children aren’t more respectful toward adults. But the real issue isn’t children’s respect for adults. It’s whether adults are modeling and showing genuine respect toward children. In families, respect is learned from the top down: children mirror the way they are treated by the adults in their lives.
I don’t spank my son. I also don’t punish or shame, or do time-outs, or make my son stand on a naughty-step. “What do I do instead?” is usually the question that comes next. I want to start off in this blog post by challenging the underlying assumption that there even is something I am…