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Tag Archives: developing self confidence

Raking your way to maturity?

December 2, 2021

Recently I’ve been teaching about boys and the challenges they face these days as they try to launch into becoming …

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Gottas and Wannas – How to Persist When We Don’t Want To

November 3, 2021

Some decades ago Marlo Thomas and her friends recorded an album to help children learn about discarding sexual stereotypes. NFL …

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Building a Bridge Toward Young Adulthood: STOP Trying to Fix Things

October 27, 2021

Do you ever have times when you’re just trying to help but one of your kids blows up in your …

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REAL Questions from REAL Parents – Meeting Someone: more than a handshake

June 19, 2021

Recently, a parent sent a question about how to help their teen feel less socially awkward when meeting new people. …

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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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A Different Kind of Checklist

March 25, 2021

Lately I’ve spent a lot of thought and writing on chores…the how, the why, the when, the importance. An underlying …

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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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How’re they going to learn?

March 12, 2021

When I was a teenager, my older brother had a friend named Mike who hung around our house a lot…like …

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A Perspective on Chores and Entitlement

March 6, 2021

I’m so pleased to count Kay Wyma as my friend, though to be honest, everyone who meets her would make …

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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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