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Anger Management for Parents: Prepare for Before, During and After

February 6, 2019 by Vincent O'Keefe 2 Comments

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Think back to your childhood. Do you remember your father’s (or mother’s) angriest moment as a parent? Chances are it’s replaying in your mind right now in vivid detail. That’s because raw anger, while sometimes useful for action, often results in dramatic, destructive and regrettable parenting. As a father of teenagers, I’ve had my share of parenting moments, usually involving a disciplinary situation, when I could have used some intervention. But I’ve also learned a few things about anger management along the way. My first tip would be to think of parental anger as a three-stage process: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: discipline, parenting, tips

Not Collapsing into Other’s Emotions Shows, Builds Courage in Kids

January 21, 2019 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Being a good parent at times takes superhero skills. To help you develop your own, “The Relational Book for Parenting” authors Saliha Bava and Mark Greene offer advice. Go here to read more in this exclusive periodic series for City Dads Group.  We previously wrote about the power of listening with curiosity. As we get into additional relationship super powers, we'll refer back to previous ones and show how all interconnect and interrelate. Growing these relationship super powers, what we sometimes call our “relational intelligence,” provides us with a web of capacities we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice, relationships Tagged With: emotions, Mark Greene, Saliha Bava, The Relational Book for Parenting

Balanced Worldview in Children Helps Them Cope, Understand

January 9, 2019 by Vincent O'Keefe Leave a Comment

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"Everybody’s crazy, drive safely.” That’s the mantra of my mother I remember best from my teenhood. Granted, her negative, imbalanced worldview was simply a way to contain her anxiety as I began to drive. Her words returned to me recently as my children increasingly navigate the internet, originally dubbed the “information superhighway.” Like most parents, my wife and I implemented age-appropriate internet restrictions as our children grew. But we learned that as children age, they need to develop the same critical thinking skills adults use when wading through the sea of clickbait … [Read more...]

Filed Under: media, parenting advice Tagged With: books, internet, media, technology, tips

Curiosity: Parents Need to Nurture It in Today’s Wired Children

November 14, 2018 by Vincent O'Keefe 1 Comment

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“So is every day a sunny day?” That is the question that stumped my father several decades ago when I took my first airplane flight as a child. Once we ascended through the dark gray clouds, I was stunned that the sunny blue sky reappeared in all its glory. My concrete-over-abstract brain at the time thought a gray sky meant the absence of the sun, not just its obstruction. Hence my question. “Well,” my father replied, “I guess you could say that.” Little did I know that by welcoming my question and exploring its meaning through a series of follow-up questions, he fostered my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: daughters, gender, parenting advice Tagged With: curiosity, gender, questions, technology

Help Children Combat Selfie Culture Through Volunteer Work

October 10, 2018 by Vincent O'Keefe Leave a Comment

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Do you ever get tired of parenting in our “selfie” culture? While many recent self-esteem movements have nurtured children’s healthy development, it seems other cultural trends have fostered their self-absorption. (We could begin with the coinage of the word “selfie” and its widespread practice on social media.) So how can parents counteract our culture’s ongoing attack on empathy? There are many strategies, but two have been most powerful for our family: When the children are young, practice empathy in the home. As children age, find ways to practice empathy outside the home — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice, teens / tweens Tagged With: volunteering

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