Parenting by Strengths

Improve Your Relationship With Your Teen! genie

by Amy Johnson, MSW

Improve Your Relationship With Your Teen! genie.

Click on the link to go to a tool to help you improve your relationship with your teens!

Amy Johnson, MSW, is a Personal Life and Parent Coach who is passionate about working with parents regarding balance, self-care and faith and sexuality. She is co-author of the book, Parenting by Strengths: A Parent's Guide to Challenging Situations.  To read more by Amy, go to her website.  Amy is also a member of the Best Parent Coaching Directory.  Click here to contact Amy.

Building Your Child’s Confidence: Conveying the Concept of Being Multiracial in the Face of Negative and Inappropriate comments.

By Janice Van Buren, Ph.D.

 Our book, Parenting by Strengths:A Parent's Guide for challenging Situations,(click book in the column to the right) is directly and indirectly based on the concepts of positive psychology which is the scientific study of what goes right in life.  Parenting challenges are seen as opportunities and learning experiences with suggested solutions designed to help you act in the best interests for your family. This is a strength model in which individual family members can use their character strengths in ways that enhance the self-esteem and confidence of your biracial and multiracial children. 

Within this strength model happy families are described as having five character strengths: fairness, honesty, forgiveness, teamwork, and social intelligence (Peterson, 2006). 

Online Parenting Advice: GreatTips or Bum Advice?

By Toni Schutta

Do you ever get parenting advice online? Has it been helpful advice or bum advice? Have you found “community” online or made new friendships? Call in to “Real Parents. Real Solutions.” Wed., Oct. 21 at 10 AM PT/11 AM MT/12 PM CT/1 PM ET at 1-866-472-5788.and voice your opinion. I’ll be talking with managers of three of the biggest parenting forums online, Café Mom, Moms Like Me and Sybermoms and they have some great stories to share along with advice parents are giving for the hottest parenting topics online.

You can listen live at 10 AM PT/11 AM MT/12 PM CT/1 PM ET or you can listen at your convenience later by clicking here: http://www.tinyurl.com/realparentsrealsolutions. 

Let's Talk!

by Amy Johnson, MSW

Parents, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has designated October as "Let's Talk" Month.  So, let's talk about sex and more.  Here are tips to get started or take the next step in talking to your children and teens about sexuality.

Mealtime Dilemmas Solved

 It took months to arrange, but Ellyn Satter, one of the world’s leading authorities on feeding kids, is joining me Wed., Oct. 14 on “Real Parents. Real Solutions.”  We’ll talk about strategies to use with a picky eater, food jags, family-friendly meal planning, how to take the emotion out of feeding your kids and raise a healthy eater. “Real mom” Beth Weise, www.acaringnanny.com, also joins us with practical tips on how she fed her five kids healthy meals.

Listen live at 10 AM PT/11 AM MT/12 PM CT/1 PM ET on Wed., Oct. 14 or listen at your convenience later by clicking here: http://www.tinyurl.com/realparentsrealsolutions. It’ll be a great show. Don’t miss it!

Parenting Solutions to Sleep Issues

If you have any sleep issues with your child, you’ll want to tune in to “Real Parents. Real Solutions” on Wed., Oct. 7 from 12-1 CT (1-2 ET, 11-12 MT, 10-11 PT) when I interview the author of “Sleepless is America: Is My Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?” Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, who also wrote “Raising Your Spirited Child” will be my guest and she’ll provide lots of practical tips for better sleep that will improve your child’s mood and reduce power struggles and tantrums.

Listen live or later at http://tinyurl.com/realparentsrealsolutions.

Meet us on the Disney Channel!

by Mary Ivory

It is exciting to talk with parents about possibilities. As a coach, that is my job. I help people RECOGNIZE so they can act on the possibilities that exist in their life. Seven of the coaches on this blog got together to write a book about a favorite topic-- Finding strengths to meet the challenges of parenting. Often I am asked, as I am sure you are, "What's new?" Lately I have been able to answer, well I have been part of writing a book, now produced a book. If you would like to hear more about the book, download this link and wait, it takes a few minutes to land on your computer

Download PSA - PARENTING BY STRENGTH 920[1]

and listen for about 30 minutes to the Disney Radio Detroit, WFDF AM 910. Radio jockey, BC, interviews me on the book topics for the Backyard Show! 

As a parent coach I am able to use my years of training, work and love of happy family life to push people towards their happy family plan. As a business life coach, the same applies, coaching helps those who are functioning well go for their dreams, their goals. I was recently talking with one of my favorite people, fashion maven, personal brander and all-around creative business developer, Robin Walker. We decided a good metaphor for coaching was learning to believe and act like the proverbial bear is NOT at the door. That is, recognizing that fear is challenge to our development. We may have learned that it is wise to act like or we must act like "doom is on the door step". ...that is-- reacting always fast and furious, always being a bit frenzied so we can be sure to be ready for what is next. It is a 'bad habit' indeed!  There are easier ways to manage what we don't know about the future. Using coaching helps us to use our strengths to be ready for what is next and much more effectively ... So if it seems like a bear is chasing you and want more, listen to the link, read or just ask about coaching. Contact me. Coaching can make all the difference!