Parenting Doctors Podcast: What We Were Never Taught
By Dr. Daniel van Ingen
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Parenting Doctors Podcast has evolved beyond parenting alone into a broader conversation about family life, relationships, and emotional well-being.
This podcast now explores the emotional and communication skills many of us were never taught — skills that shape parenting, relationships, marriage, conflict, healing, resilience, and personal growth. Through honest reflection and practical insight, the show focuses on helping individuals and families build stronger emotional connection, healthier communication, and more resilient relationships.
While parenting remains an important part of the conversation, the focus now includes the full emotional ecosystem of family life — how we connect, how we repair, and how we grow together through life’s challenges.
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The Things We Never Learned About Being Alone
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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You Can’t Love Someone Into Changing
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Compatibility Is Built, Not Found: The Myth That's Costing Relationships
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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The Relationship Killer Nobody Talks About: Emotional Immaturity
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Why Love Isn't Enough - The Skills Every Relationship Needs to Thrive
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Do You Want to Be Right or Do You Want to Connect? Understanding Narcissistic Patterns in Relationships
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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The Relationship Blueprint / Relationship Story Arc
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The Conversation Most Couples Never Have: How to Talk About Hurt Without Creating More Hurt
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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You Think You’re Explaining Yourself—But You’re Actually Losing Them
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Why Some People Cling and Others Pull Away: The Attachment Styles We Were Never Taught
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Why Emotionally Unavailable People Attract Each Other: The emotional skills we were never taught about intimacy
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Why People Stop Listening
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May 25, 2026 |
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What We Were Never Taught
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May 20, 2026 |
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The Power of Connection & the Power of Storytelling
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May 31, 2025 |
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Voice of Champions: Interview with Addison Ruscoe
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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My Daughter is Playing in the Regional Championship Varsity Football State Playoff Game Tomorrow Night. Why Not?
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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The Everest Mindset
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Lessons From a Rocket Scientist who Climbed Mount Everest
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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There Are Four Characters in Each of our Life Stories: Victim, Villain, Hero, & Guide
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May 27, 2022 |
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How To Get extremely Stressed Out for a Sporting Event, an exam at school, or an interview?
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Interview with Ariel Faulkner, on female athletes
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Anger Around Phone: Teenage Anger Management Techniques
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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The Time Technique
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Never Give Up
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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A Happiness Lesson
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Interview with Greg and Beth Langston: The College Flight Plan
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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The Grudge Schema
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May 22, 2021 |
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How To Work With Difficult People
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May 14, 2021 |
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Living a Fearless Life & Pursuing Defining Moments
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Is This Worthy of Crying?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Gaslighting in Your Parenting?
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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People Change Part 3: What Will I Leave When I Jump Off the Plane on Sunday?
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Do People Change? A Closer Look at marriages, relationships, and difficult behaviors like interpersonal avoidance, narcissism, and anger
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Does Dad Change? Do People Change?
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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What Will You Leave Behind as You Jump off the Plane?
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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How Do You Build Up While Addressing Behaviors? Can You Reverse Course If You Have Poured Negative Into Your Child?
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Self Talk Matters
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Teaching Children Good Body Image
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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Eliminating Emotional Bombs in our Parenting
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Knowing Our Hot Buttons
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Interview with Jedd Hafer on Emotional Intelligence, De-escalation & Preventing Anger from Turning into Violence
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Covid-19 Prevention & Panic Prevention
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Teaching Our Kids About Anxiety In This Culture of Fear
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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One of the Challenges of Single Parenting
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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There is a Time to Confront & a Time to Let Pass
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Perspective Broadening
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Part 2 of Interview with Nutritional Expert Dr. Carey
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Kobe Bryant: Whatever It Takes
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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4 Rules of Disagreement
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Interview with Nutritional Expert Dr. Carey, Part 1
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Language Lessons from Mr. Rogers: 9 Amazing Steps of Patience
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Happiness Is A Choice
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Reflection Tips on Diffusing Tantrums
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Failure Reflection Exercise
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Is Parenting a Happy Endeavor?
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Interview with Eating Disorders Expert Patricia Price
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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What Is Your Parenting Style?
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Divorced Parenting: To Hurt or to be Vulnerable (Express preference)
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Overcoming, Overlooking, & Defeating Negativity Thrown at You
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Token Economy: Personal Responsibility, Affection, & Interests
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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Time to Comfort, Time to Instruct, Time to Correct
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Family Conversations at Summer Dinners
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May 31, 2019 |
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What Are The Stressors Young People Face Nowadays?
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May 24, 2019 |
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Separation Anxiety
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May 17, 2019 |
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Humility, Rules & Principles to Live by, & The Beauty of Motherhood: Happy Mother's Day!
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May 10, 2019 |
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Shifting Attention
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Is There Meaning In Video Games?
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Building Optimism In Teenagers
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Mindfulness Skills For Teenagers
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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The Specific Not Terrific Technique
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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The Negotiation Strategy
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Petty Versus Purposeful Strategy
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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The Oven Timer Strategy
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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I Make A Lot Of Mistakes
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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How To Form A Support Group for Parents of Teenagers
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Anger Solutions For Your Kids
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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The Triple D Strategy for Manipulation When Attempting to Problem Solve
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Flourishing Families Have Vulnerable Relationships: Vulnerability VS Fear
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Cognitive Flexibility During Holiday Stress
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Preparing Our Children For Adversity
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Temperament & Reinforcement Are The Two Key Factors
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Healthy Families Allow Disagreement
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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What is most important when dealing with aggression toward others, back talking, property destruction, defiance, and noncompliance?
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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The Ultimate Family Sleep Challenge
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Social Media Stress Management
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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Your Prescription for Passive & Aggressive Behavior
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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Truth Emerges Out Of A Relationship
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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Respectful Disagreement
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Tough Adolescents: Exiting, Waiting, & Overlooking
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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Stop Pathologizing Childhood With Specific Problem Solving
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Helping Kids With More Self Compassion
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Tutoring for Video Games????
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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Are you dealing with a child with an anger problem and you don’t know what to do?
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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No Phones At Dinner
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Valuing & Sharing Our Failure Stories
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Guit VS Shame: Healthy Families Value Guilt But Not Shame
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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Warning to Parents About Social Media
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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10 Keys to Confident Kids
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Know Your Triggers & Love Anyway
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May 25, 2018 |
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Persistent Redo’s, Patience and the Power of Praise
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May 18, 2018 |
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Does Social Media Cause Anxiety?
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May 11, 2018 |
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Sharing Personal Reflections & Excitement Here are the Parenting Doctors
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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Helping Children, Preteens, & Teens with Secure & Confident Comebacks
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Overcoming An Ambivalent Attachment History
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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Validating Emotion with Sincerity
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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Balancing Privacy and Protection With Teenagers' Social Media
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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How To Be The Best Sports Parent You Can Be
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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Dismantling Disagreeableness: You Can Agree or Negotiate
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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School Anxiety: Separation Anxiety Part 2
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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Separation Anxiety
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Loving Angry Children
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Dec 04, 2017 |
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Nip Negative Cycles in the Bud by Speaking Good Into Children
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Oct 25, 2017 |
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Finding The Perfect Gymnastics Center
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 3 & Part 4
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Sep 30, 2016 |
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Growth Versus Fixed Traits In Our Children: Why We Sometimes Restrict Emotional Development?
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Sep 23, 2016 |
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The Essence Of Anger Management Is Staying On The Subject
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Aug 19, 2016 |
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Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 2
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Jun 24, 2016 |
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Four Recommendations For Maintaining Poise On The Balance Beam Of Family Life: Part 1
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May 20, 2016 |
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Anger: Identification, Self-Soothing Strategies, & Anger Rehearsals
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May 06, 2016 |
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What Are The Stressors For Young People Nowadays? Five Pieces of Advice Every Family Should Apply
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Apr 29, 2016 |
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Resolving Blind Spots To Prevent Conditional Love
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Apr 08, 2016 |
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Why Losing Is Great For Kids!
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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Facilitating Courage In The Family: Bravery & Vulnerability
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Mar 18, 2016 |
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How to improve communication between a teacher and parent when a child has a behavior problem in the classroom
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Mar 11, 2016 |
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5 Keys To Reducing Experienced & Perceived Pressure In Sports & Academics In Our Children
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Mar 04, 2016 |
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Parenting Teenagers with FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
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Feb 26, 2016 |
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Coping With Grief
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Feb 12, 2016 |
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Five Action Steps To Help You Teach Your Child To Never Quit
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Jan 15, 2016 |
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What Is The Antidote To Your Teenager Making The Comment "I'm Not Proud Of You?"
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Jan 08, 2016 |
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Top 10 Considerations When Addressing A Child's Tantrum During Family Pictures
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Dec 10, 2015 |
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Screen Free Zones In The Home
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Nov 06, 2015 |
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Some Parents Are Elevating Their Child’s Anxiety. Solutions: Knowledge is Power But Strategies Are Needed
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Oct 30, 2015 |
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Back To The Future Tribute & Other Parenting Nuggets
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Oct 23, 2015 |
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Developing Your Children To Become Overcomers Of The Sharing Problem
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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Two Family Techniques for Dealing with Household Chaos & Overwhelm: 5 Senses Strategy and the Mindfulness Grounding (Countdown) Technique
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Oct 09, 2015 |
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Protective Parents: Five Nights At Freddy's?
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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Pivotal Moment Involvement
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Sep 25, 2015 |
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Does Parenting Decrease Happiness?
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Sep 18, 2015 |
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Interpersonal Joining
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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The Problem Of Overemphasizing Personality Traits
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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Conflict Resolution Part 2: Sibling Conflict Is Good!
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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Sibling Conflict Is Good!
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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Not Letting Anything Go!
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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The Topic of Spanking & 5 Ways to Make Sure Discipline Lasts
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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The Antidote To Fickle Behavior Is Consistency
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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Parenting Basically Comes Down to Two Things: Affection & Instruction
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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Wouldn't It Be Great If We All Had A Bug In Our Ear?
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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Movie Review: Inside Out
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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A Book Review: Why Less is More for WOSPS: Well-Intentioned, Overinvolved Sports Parents by John M. Tauer, Ph.D.
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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How To Raise Two Marshmallow Children: 5 Strategies
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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Inner Signal Detective
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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The 3 Reasons Parents Make Reinforcement Mistakes
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Aug 09, 2015 |
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Integrating Choice Theory with Discipline
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Jul 04, 2015 |