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  • Blending Families & Finances

    Blending Families & Finances

    Discover effective strategies for managing finances in remarriage, balancing new and old family obligations for a smoother financial integration and a harmonious new family.

  • Build a Better Relationship with Your Tween

    Build a Better Relationship with Your Tween

    Whether you want to deepen your bond or work through specific challenges, this course offers practical tools and advice to help you create a relationship with your tween based on trust, respect, and love. These years are an important time in a child’s development. Kids start to become more independent but still need their parents’ guidance and support. By building a strong and trusting bond during this stage, parents lay the groundwork for healthy communication and mutual respect as their children grow into teenagers.

  • Building Parental Resilience

    Building Parental Resilience

    Learn to build resilience, manage parenting stress, and foster a nurturing environment for better family well-being.

  • Check-in Questions for New Parents to Stay Connected and Manage Conflict

    Check-in Questions for New Parents to Stay Connected and Manage Conflict

    With your spouse or partner, start a discussion on improving your relationship satisfaction, staying connected, and better managing conflict as you go through the challenging transition to parenthood.

  • Child Development Basics

    Child Development Basics

    Explore the evolving role of parenting, learn research-based strategies, and gain practical tools to foster positive parent-child relationships across all developmental stages.

  • Creating Rules and Consequences for (and with) Your Teens

    Creating Rules and Consequences for (and with) Your Teens

    As your teen becomes more independent, setting clear rules – and consequences for breaking rules – is essential. But instead of just telling them what to do, having a conversation together can help them take responsibility for their actions while also strengthening your relationship. In this course we will explore how to include your teens in helping to set rules and consequences as they get older.

  • Decoding and Soothing Your Baby's Cries

    Decoding and Soothing Your Baby's Cries

    Learn why infants cry and discover effective soothing techniques. This lesson also addresses managing parental frustration and responses to help calm fussy babies.

  • Disagree Better: In the Home

    Disagree Better: In the Home

    Discover tips and tools for respectful and compassionate disagreements in the Disagree Better series, helping parents and children foster civility at home and beyond.

  • Disagree Better: It Starts With Me

    Disagree Better: It Starts With Me

    Learn to disagree better with tips and tools to foster respect, compassion, and civility in parent-child interactions, both at home and beyond. Take notes for best results.

  • Disagree Better: Outside the Home

    Disagree Better: Outside the Home

    Learn four key principles for resolving disagreements with coworkers, classmates, and friends using the P.A.U.S.E. method to manage "internal irritation" effectively.

  • Discussing Cyberbullying and Online Predators

    Discussing Cyberbullying and Online Predators

    Learn strategies to teach youth safe tech use, prevent cyberbullying, avoid predators, and identify grooming tactics. Download slang terms list and set home boundaries.

  • Discussing the Division of Childcare Tasks and Gender Roles

    Discussing the Division of Childcare Tasks and Gender Roles

    Negotiating childcare can be a major source of contention for many couples, but there are strategies that couples can use to manage childcare work in a constructive way. This lesson will provide couples with tips to manage a fair and balanced division of labor that can increase relationship well-being and satisfaction.

    This lesson compliments a parallel lesson focused on tips for discussing the division of household work.

  • Discussing Pornography with your Teen

    Discussing Pornography with your Teen

    Get practical, research-based tips for parents on discussing pornography with children, including conversation starters and insights on its impact on romantic relationships.

  • Discussing Rules and Consequences with Children

    Discussing Rules and Consequences with Children

    In this lesson, we’ll explore the importance of setting safe, age-appropriate boundaries for your children. You can better understand the important role consistent parenting plays in developing your children’s confidence and self-esteem and decreasing family arguments. You’ll receive tools to help you create an open dialog about the importance of building rules and consequences when the rules are broken.

  • Emotion Coaching for Parents: Building Resilient Children

    Emotion Coaching for Parents: Building Resilient Children

    Discover how parental modeling and emotion coaching significantly influence your child's social and emotional growth, fostering resilience and well-being through practical, research-based strategies.

  • Guiding Teens in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

    Guiding Teens in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

    Understand the adolescent brain and enhance your teen's decision-making and problem-solving skills with effective models, techniques, and strategies for delayed gratification.

  • Helping a Child Who Keeps Interrupting You

    Helping a Child Who Keeps Interrupting You

    Understand why your young children interrupt you and learn strategies to help them develop the capacity and skills to change their behavior and become more successful in social situations. This may be an especially valuable lesson for parents who work from home with young children around.

  • Helping Children & Teens Manage Stress

    Helping Children & Teens Manage Stress

    Discover how to spot stress symptoms in children and explore simple mindfulness exercises, including breathing techniques, to enhance their mental well-being.

  • Helping Children Get Along With Siblings and Friends

    This lesson focuses on helping parents help their child get along with siblings and friends by teaching the child to share, communicate, and consider others' feelings.

  • Helping Children Learn from Mistakes

    Helping Children Learn from Mistakes

    When you view children's mistakes as opportunities to teach, children will learn to take responsibility, solve problems, and cope with challenges. With your help and encouragement, children can develop resilience and learn to persist when mistakes and mishaps happen.

  • Helping Children Learn to Share

    Helping Children Learn to Share

    This lesson explores ways parents can help their children share.

  • Helping Children Manage Time (ages 7-12)

    Helping Children Manage Time (ages 7-12)

    It’s important for parents to teach kids how to manage their time on their own while providing support from the sidelines rather than taking control. This lesson will show you how to shift from overseeing your child’s schedule to becoming a helpful guide when needed.

  • Helping Children Tell the Truth

    Helping Children Tell the Truth

    Children may lie for a variety of reasons. This lesson will help you respond in ways that support their learning and growth. Designed for parents who want to guide their children with empathy and effectiveness when faced with dishonesty.

  • Helping Children Understand and Resist Peer Pressure

    Helping Children Understand and Resist Peer Pressure

    Welcome to the journey of understanding peer pressure! This lesson is designed to give parents the knowledge and tools they need to help their children navigate the tricky waters of peer influence. You’ll learn how to spot the difference between positive encouragement from friends and negative pressure that can lead to risky behaviors. Together, we’ll explore ways to foster open communication and healthy identity exploration, all while building strong relationships that empower your child to make choices that reflect their values.

  • Helping Teens and Tweens Make Friends (and Be a Friend)

    Helping Teens and Tweens Make Friends (and Be a Friend)

    Everyone can use more friends! But some young people these days struggle with this important part of life. This lesson is designed to help parents who want to help their tweens and teens create and maintain strong, healthy friendships.

  • Helping Teens Manage and Understand Their Physical and Emotional Changes

    Helping Teens Manage and Understand Their Physical and Emotional Changes

    In this lesson, you'll gain a basic understanding of puberty, including the physical, emotional, and psychological changes children experience as they transition into adolescence. You'll learn about specific changes in girls and boys and how to discuss these changes with your child to reassure and normalize their experiences.

    The lesson also covers emotional shifts, including mood swings and being more self-conscious, and it offers practical strategies for supporting your child through these changes. In addition, you'll explore coping strategies that include physical activities, creative outlets, and mindfulness practices to help your child manage intense emotions and build resilience.

  • How to Inspire Your Children to Learn

    How to Inspire Your Children to Learn

    This lesson provides research-based advice to parents for helping children grow their natural love of learning to be lifelong learners.

  • Helping Your Child Learn to Recognize Feelings

    Helping Your Child Learn to Recognize Feelings

    Children don’t naturally know how to tune in to the feelings of others. Children learn to be sensitive to the feelings of others as parents are sensitive to their feelings and help them to be aware of the feelings of others. This course focuses on helping children learn to recognize the feelings of others.

  • Helping your Teenager Balance Time with Family and Friends

    Helping your Teenager Balance Time with Family and Friends

    Is your teen more interested in friends than family? This lesson gives parents simple tips for talking with their teen about balancing time between family and friends. Learn how to support your teen in managing these important relationships.

  • Making and Keeping a Positive Connection With Your Adult Child

    Making and Keeping a Positive Connection With Your Adult Child

    Learn how to support adult children in developing independence and resilience by strengthening the parent-child relationship. We’ll cover topics such as better understanding your adult child’s world, setting boundaries, and prioritizing your well-being while parenting adult children.

  • Making and Keeping a Positive Connection with Your Teen

    Making and Keeping a Positive Connection with Your Teen

    Discover what your teen truly needs to feel connected to you. Shift your parenting style to foster a strong, authentic, and lasting bond with your teen.

  • Making and Keeping Technology Rules

    Making and Keeping Technology Rules

    It may seem like they’re plugged into their phone or the computer all the time. Parents are understandably concerned about the effects of the digital world on their teen’s mental health and relationships. There are concerns about cyberbullying, digital overuse, effects on attention, inappropriate media, online safety, and a lack of privacy.

  • Making Reading Fun and Effective

    Making Reading Fun and Effective

    Welcome to this lesson on making reading fun and effective for children ages 2-6. In this course, you'll learn practical strategies to help develop your child's love of reading and build important literacy skills. 

  • Money Management for Teens

    Money Management for Teens

    Parents are the most influential on teens' financial literacy, impacting their lifelong financial, relational, physical, and mental health more than schools, peers, or media.

  • Money Management for Tweens

    Money Management for Tweens

    Parents are the key influence on children's financial literacy, impacting their future health. Learn principles to confidently teach kids essential money skills for lifelong success.

  • Nurture and Compassion: The Heart of Parenting

    Nurture and Compassion: The Heart of Parenting

    Discover effective ways to show love and compassion to your children, ensuring they feel valued and nurtured every day.

  • Navigating Postpartum Realities

    Navigating Postpartum Realities

    Discover postpartum myths, challenges, wellness tips, and valuable resources to support your journey in this lesson. Navigate postpartum with confidence and care.

  • Navigating Mental Health Conversations with Your Child

    Navigating Mental Health Conversations with Your Child

    Learn practical skills to discuss mental health with children, recognize warning signs, understand causes, and challenge stigmas. Support your child's well-being effectively.

  • Potty Training Made Easy

    Potty Training Made Easy

    In this lesson, we will identify mental and physical signs indicating your child’s readiness for potty training. We will help you establish an effective training environment by creating positive associations with bathroom habits. We will discuss effective strategies for maintaining patience, managing emotions, and providing consistent support and praise. This lesson will address how to manage common potty-training issues while promoting your child’s independence and self-esteem.

  • Pregnancy Myths & Wellness Tips

    Pregnancy Myths & Wellness Tips

    Discover myths about pregnancy, overcome challenges, and boost your wellness with expert tips and reliable support resources in this lesson.

  • Problem-Solving Alongside Your Child

    Problem-Solving Alongside Your Child

    Learn a step-by-step process to help your child effectively problem-solve, support their daily challenges, and guide them in evaluating outcomes.

  • Resolving Conflict with Your Teen

    Resolving Conflict with Your Teen

    Learn effective conflict-management skills for parents: stay emotionally regulated, communicate opinions, solve problems with teens, and apologize when necessary.

  • Responding to Children Who Want to Help

    Responding to Children Who Want to Help

    Children love to help. As parents, we like to get things done with the least fuss and mess. The way to bridge those two realities is to find wise and sensible ways of involving children in helping us. Getting children involved helps them grow, learn, and feel valued.

  • Responding to Your Teen's Disrespectful Words and Behavior

    Responding to Your Teen's Disrespectful Words and Behavior

    Respect goes both ways—kids and teens learn to show respect by experiencing it. This lesson teaches parents how to create a respectful home by showing respect and empathy. And this lesson provides valuable tips for handling disrespectful behavior from your teen, including remaining calm, taking a cool-down period, if needed, and addressing their behavior in a constructive way.

  • Selecting and Reading Books to Babies

    Selecting and Reading Books to Babies

    In this lesson, we delve into why it is important to read to infants. It helps your relationship and their development. We’ll look at reasons to read to babies, how to choose appropriate books, and ways to engage your baby with books.

  • Self-care and Stress Management

    Self-care and Stress Management

    Effective parenting requires balancing self-care and stress management. Thriving parents can better support their children's challenges and ensure their well-being.

  • Setting Reasonable Limits and Rules for Children

    Setting Reasonable Limits and Rules for Children

    Learn to guide your children with effective limits and rules by entering your child’s world and using methods that honor their dignity and help them take responsibility. This lesson is for parents who want to teach their children to act responsibly.

  • Strategies for Effective Discipline

    Strategies for Effective Discipline

    Discover effective child discipline for ages 7-12. Learn to create supportive environments, address challenges, and foster cooperation and self-discipline. Start your journey today.

  • Supporting Children Through Loss, Grief, and Change

    Supporting Children Through Loss, Grief, and Change

    Discover effective strategies for helping young children (ages 2-6) cope with major loss or change, fostering resilience and healthy coping mechanisms for grieving kids.

  • Talking to Your Adult Child About Finances

    Talking to Your Adult Child About Finances

    Navigate financial parenting of adult children: Learn key principles for balancing independence and financial support, ensuring healthy parent-child relationships and financial well-being.

  • Teaching Your Child How to Solve Problems (Ages 7-12)

    Teaching Your Child How to Solve Problems (Ages 7-12)

    Help your child become a confident problem-solver. In this lesson, parents will discover practical ways to teach problem-solving skills to children ages 7 to 12. Learn how to nurture independence, boost confidence, and spark creativity—giving your child the tools to tackle life’s big and little challenges.

  • Teaching & Guiding Children

    Teaching & Guiding Children

    Learn how to guide your children effectively by focusing on teaching better behavior, building loving relationships, setting expectations, and fostering responsibility.

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    Teaching Your Kids About Emotions and Empathy

    When kids learn to understand other people’s feelings, they make stronger friendships, handle conflicts better, and become kinder and more respectful. This lesson gives parents easy, practical ways to help their children develop empathy in daily life.

  • Technoference in Parent-Child Relationships

    Technoference in Parent-Child Relationships

    This lesson focuses on identifying and reducing technoference in the parent-child relationship. It also will encourage parents to create some guidelines around technology use in their homes.

  • Understanding and Preventing Parental Burnout

    Understanding and Preventing Parental Burnout

    Discover why parenting is challenging, identify signs of burnout, and learn strategies to replenish and prevent parental exhaustion with accessible resources.

  • Understanding Teen Identity Development, Independence, and Autonomy

    Understanding Teen Identity Development, Independence, and Autonomy

    This lesson is about teen identity formation, focusing on independence and autonomy. Parents will learn tips for fostering healthy autonomy in their teens that will help support their identity development.

  • Understanding Your Child's World

    Understanding Your Child's World

    Learn to understand and respond to your child's behavior with principles of support, compassion, and understanding. Gain essential parenting skills for better communication.

  • Using Concrete Support in Tough Times

    Using Concrete Support in Tough Times

    People need to have solid support to overcome challenges and succeed. This means having access to important resources like money, social connections, and community services. By looking at real-life situations such as job loss, illness, or having a baby, people can see how these kinds of support affect their well-being and family life. The lesson explains how stressful events and circumstances can impact mental health and parenting. And it will help you learn how to make use of concrete supports to lessen those stresses.

  • Why Teens Push Boundaries, and Tips for Responding

    Why Teens Push Boundaries, and Tips for Responding

    This lesson focuses on understanding why teens push boundaries in the search for autonomy and identity. We provide some practical solutions to help parents know how to effectively respond when their teens are pushing boundaries.

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