Core Essential Values

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they explore ways to help your preschoolers finish tasks as we wrap up the school year.

Hope can be a tough concept for little ones, but Dr. Beth gives some advice for how to build the foundation for hope even when our children are very young.

The past couple of years may have felt hopeless for your child. Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth about how to talk about and find hope even when your child is in the midst of darkness, as well as how to help your teen dream big.

Helping your elementary age student find hope can be tricky, as developmentally they tend to see things as one (good) or the other (bad). Listen in to Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about strategies for building hope as our kids grow into abstract thinking.

Join Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about cooperation for the whole family. From simple tips for cooperating at home to ideas for helping kids through conflict, this is one episode (for all ages!) that you don't want to miss.

Check in with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about compassion and teenagers. It's a natural age to build compassion and care, and this episode has practical ideas to develop compassionate teens in your house.

Dr. Beth and Leslie have a great talk about compassion and elementary aged children. Looking for ways to show you care about others and how to live that out in your home are the topics of the day!

Dr. Beth and Leslie spend some time chatting about teaching compassion to our youngest children. Maybe you start with sharing, helping, and caring for others, and work your way to compassion as they grow and age!

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control with your middle and high school students. How do teenagers know the right thing to do? How do we encourage pausing and thinking before acting?

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control with elementary students. In school, kids learn self-control, rule following, and regulation strategies every day. How can we use the same techniques in our homes to help our kids self-regulate with their families?

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control and preschoolers. Hear some simple habits to use with your kids when developing self-control with little ones.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about service with your middle and high school students. Whether required by a school or given out of compassion, serving or helping others is a great way for our teens to experience empathy and learn more about who they are.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about emphasizing helping (service) with your elementary students.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about emphasizing helping with your PreKs.

This one is a tough one! Jump on with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they discuss contentment with all kids.

Talking with preschoolers about a big word like individuality can be tough, but Dr. Beth gives some great tips for helping little ones know and love who they are.

Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they chat about parenting teenagers to help them learn who they are and how to use those traits to help those around them.

Join us as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about building skills in your kids that help them learn and love who they are - and how to use that to help others around them.

While your little ones may not be able to "see" what needs to be done, modeling and verbalizing the behavior will set the stage for initiative when they are ready for it.

This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how initiative can be both a skill to practice (cleaning up, doing homework) as well as a relational necessity (standing up for yourself and others). It's an important one for middle and high school students, as they look toward who they are becoming.

Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk through parenting techniques to encourage initiative in elementary age students.

As the school year gets off to a start, Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about wisdom and teenagers. Dr. Beth gives us 5 phrases to use as we parent with wisdom. Drop us a line info@coreessentials.org and help us design our upcoming shows about initiative, individuality and contentment!

As the school year gets off to a start, Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about wisdom and children. Here's a link to the article Beth mentions: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.huffpost.com/entry/wisest-things-your-kids-said_n_55e6f471e4b0c818f619c787/amp Drop us a line info@coreessentials.org and help us design our upcoming shows about initiative, individuality and contentment.

Following through on a commitment takes work! Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about parenting your Pre-K's with commitment.

Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about finishing strong - and knowing when and how to quit. Listen as they have a conversation about commitment and teens at the end of the school year.