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Sweet Spots: Helping Your Kids Find ENOUGH in Their Lives. Available in paperback or kindle.By Suzita Cochran ~ Boulder, Colorado
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Category Archives: Parenting
Social Justice Parenting
When our son Stephen was about to begin kindergarten, he worried about not knowing anyone in his new class. No one from his preschool was attending his school, and he assumed it would be hard to make friends. We … Continue reading
8 Easy Ways to Prepare Kids for the Upcoming School Year
The prospect of a nearly back-to-normal school year is the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel for most parents. What a relief to (hopefully) put remote school behind us. Why aren’t our kids as excited as … Continue reading
Help Kids Move Past Pandemic Life by Offering More Choices
My friend Sadie’s daughter Jade just finished 6th grade—her first year of middle school. Not great timing to start middle school during a pandemic, but such was life. Sadie said quarantine life was harder on her extroverted daughter than … Continue reading
Motivating Tweens and Teens
My daughter Annie’s orchestra class was a middle school highlight. Anyone with a middle schooler (or who’s been one), probably knows that highlights are hard to come by in that phase of life. Annie had only learned to play the … Continue reading
When Your Child Won’t Practice
When my friend Jessica’s son Alex was in elementary school, he loved soccer. Alex would spend hours in their backyard “shooting on goal,” only coming in when it was dark and he was spent. I envisioned his tired soul … Continue reading
Happy to Announce My New Book!
As many of you are aware, I’ve been working on a book project for the last few years based on this blog and much additional research. For those of you who’ve offered feedback and suggestions to my blog posts … Continue reading
Do You Have a Sensitive Child? You May Be Luckier Than You Realize
My friend Katherine and her husband adopted two foster siblings at ages 1 and 2. It was a big change—going from a 2- to a 4-person family overnight. They had so much to learn about parenting and about these particular … Continue reading
People Are the Priority
It was clear early on that my friend Christina’s daughter Ava was a bright girl. She was one of those toddlers who spoke in eloquent sentences when my same-age son was struggling to put two words together. Her parents were … Continue reading
Posted in Life Skills, Parenting, Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged entitled kids, Karl Pillemer, my classes are pointless, my kid doesn't respect her teachers, my kid is not good with people, my teachers are stupid, people more important than things, relationships over things, school is boring
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Sweet Spots: Helping Your Kids Find ENOUGH in Their Lives.