Crescent Moon Kids

This episode offers insight on why it's important to help your kids develop resilience and how to guide them in developing coping skills.

Protecting the healthy development of kids through engagement and expectation.

Season 5, Episode 6 Learn how adventure, risky play, challenges and struggles help your child develop life skills and a positive sense of self.

Keeping clear, firm boundaries with your kids may be the absolute hardest thing you've ever done. But as you'll hear in this podcast, it will possibly be THE most important. We've discussed boundaries before, but this episode includes some relevant and astounding research.

This episode focuses on the research and ideas of Jonathan Haidt, who cautions against giving our young people a smartphone and access to social media too soon.

Citing Dr. Peter Gray and his ideas on the notion of "play", this episode is dedicated to the importance of free play and the detrimental effects of its lack.

A concept that has been around for over a decade is now being brought more into the light and is seen as a critical issue. This episode explores the concept of digital dementia and offers ways to avoid and counter the issue.

This episode helps you understand the need to give your child practical living and critical thinking experiences.

This episode gives you hints about how to explore alternative ways to communicate with your kids.

Here are some ways to understand sibling interactions and how to foster positive relationships between your children.

This episode gives some detailed information on the effects of screen usage on the developing brains of children.

In this episode you’ll learn some ideas for beginning the new school year with joy and success.

Learn about the concept of 'mirror neurons' and how to become aware of all you say and do which will ultimately create a more positive environment for your kids.

Rather than expecting your child to immediately say, "I'm sorry," for their offensive behavior, this episode guides you to help uncover the root of the issue so they can offer a sincere apology instead.

This episode is for those parents who ask their child, "What did you do today?" and get, "I don't know." or "Nothing." Have a listen to hopefully gain some insight into how to glean more information from your child about his or her day.

As parents we sometimes feel overwhelmed and want to "give in" because we're tired of the struggle or we simply don't have any fight left in us.  In this episode, I share six values worth "battling" for when raising children.  

After I noticed the magnitude of interest in my first podcast entitled "Boundaries with Children", I decided to update, revisit and offer additional information on this incredibly important topic

This episode helps you become aware of how you may be talking to your kids, your intentions, your approach and offers ways to communicate more positively.

Understanding the importance of learning responsibility and the symbolism in what it means to carry their own belongings is the focus of this episode.

This episode shares ways of shedding parent guilt. It includes a simple list of ideas for helping your kids develop independence while you release outdated notions of what it means to be a good parent.

This episode offers you information on why reading to your children is so critically important as well as support in figuring out how to find time to do so.

Understanding your child’s need for movement and learning how to incorporate more movement in their daily lives is the focus of this episode.

This episode delves into the disturbing trend toward children’s inability to problem solve and offers ways parents can allow for the development of critical thinking.

Guiding our kids to recognize, identify, and own their feelings will help them create a healthy emotional life.

Allowing Grace for yourself as a parent is a beautiful act of Love.