by Lori Wildenberg | Feb 27, 2017 | Teen, Tween
Have you been left feeling befuddled following an exchange with your teen? You stand there in confusion as your teen rants and marches off? You wonder, “What happened here? How did this escalate to anger?” You reflect,”I didn’t mean...
by Lori Wildenberg | Jul 11, 2016 | Character Development, Communication, Discipline
“Shut down,” my four-year-old nephew would say. This was his way of getting around the family rule of not saying, “Shut up.” I guess he found a loop hole. Doesn’t shut down make more sense? Shut down is like: Stop, halt, quit. As we move...
by Lori Wildenberg | Sep 21, 2015 | Character Development, Communication, Relationships, Self-Care
“We are never going to have fun again.”Tom and I had taken our three young kiddos on a weekend church retreat. They were 1 month, 20 months and almost four years old. Sleep was scarce but there was a bounty of fussing, crying, and kid chasing.We got sucked...
