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Parenting Skills: Don't Steal The Struggle

8/31/2022

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Want to know a parenting secret?

Parenting is hard.  Growing up is hard.  You can’t escape the struggle.  ​

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Stop at the But: Avoid the U-Turn Into Invalidation

8/24/2022

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Doing life as a parent is complicated.  It is the intricate balance between too much structure and not enough, relationship and limits, independence and boundaries.  And given that each child is a completely different individual, what one child needs may not be the same as the next. ​

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Validation Isn’t Agreement: 3 Myths About Validation

8/17/2022

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Parenting is a difficult balancing of holding the relationship, setting expectations for helpful and expected behaviors, and providing teaching and learning when the behaviors don’t meet up with expectations. Parenting is nurturing, togetherness, and fun.  Parenting is fostering independence and empowering the unique qualities of what makes each child…well…them!

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The Power of Validation: 6 Levels of Validation

8/10/2022

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Validation is a powerful parenting tool that is a part of many parenting programs.

So, what exactly is validation?  Validation is the recognition and acknowledging the inner experience and feelings in the moment without judgment.  Holding the situation and the internal response as a valid experience given the circumstances and the child’s history. ​

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Parents Can’t Be Attached to Outcomes: An Essential Mindset Shift

8/3/2022

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How often do parenting strategies and techniques work effectively and perfectly the first time you teach them to parents?

Not ever?  Me too.

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    I'm Ann Meehan, an LPCC,
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