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Have you ever wondered when your crying baby will rest peacefully? Tried every game and disciplinary action in the book to get your child to eat peas?

At My Parenting Source, we have expert Parent Coaches on hand to help parents with these and other parenting challenges. Just as a star basketball player needs direction at times, we know parents can sometimes use a little guidance.

Feel free to ask a parent coach a question. You'll get a personalized response. And, its free!

Make Room for Silence in your Life

Just a few minutes a day of silent breathing, prayer, yoga or meditation can help you feel less distracted, more centered, and more in touch with your feelings.

When you're aware of your feelings of love for your children, they will be, too.

Peggy Northrop, Take a Moment to Catch Your Breath, 2001 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.

Is it safe to say that all of us as parents at one point or another have asked our children to apologize? Apologies are transparent when you think about it. The ‘I just want to get out of trouble and get this over with’ apologies are really obvious. With these types of apologies there is li
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It’s more important to empathize than “fix.”

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Especially as kids move into the teen years, they have a healthy need to find their own solutions. It’s part of fully establishing themselves as individuals. Jumping in with answers robs them of their growing independence. Unfortunately, that increases their need to keep their concerns to themselves.