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Category Archives: building family connections

The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!

November 19, 2021

In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …

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MOM!!! I’m FINE!! _ Too much noise?

October 4, 2021

Let’s give a big shout out to Nina Kraus for her article, “Hearing Too Much in a Noisy World,” in …

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The Right Amount of Busy

September 19, 2021

Like me, I’ll bet one of the first things you noticed about The COVID Shutdown of Spring 2020 was that …

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REAL Questions from REAL Parents: How in the world am I going to help my kid have a fun, productive summer WITHOUT boredom!!?

June 11, 2021

A couple of years ago a mom came to talk with me about how to “reclaim” her kids’ summer. It …

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REAL Questions from REAL Parents: A Zillion Social Lessons…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?

June 4, 2021

In last week’s blog I offered a list of some REAL questions I’ve received from REAL parents. You may have …

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How “VACCINATE” Your Kids for the Future!

April 23, 2021

In this Year of COVID, all of us have been thinking, wishing, hoping, that we could vaccinate our kids against …

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DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!

April 16, 2021

Meredith, twelve years old, was chatting with her pal over snacks when Meredith’s mom overheard the girls using snarky voices …

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Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table

April 10, 2021

In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks describes a weekly gathering in which he participates where a family opens …

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A Case for FAMILY Dinners

April 3, 2021

You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …

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Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball

March 20, 2021

We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …

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Kathleen Fischer

Kathleen is a popular speaker in corporate, church, and community settings as well as a sought after family/parenting coach for individuals and groups.

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