January 18th, 2022
How Self-Esteem in Children is Formed
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November 10th, 2021
Parents Are Persons, Not Gods
When people become parents, something strange and unfortunate happens. They begin to assume a role or act a part and […]
October 13th, 2021
How Is Your Relationship Bank Balance?
When your child is born, you give them your time, energy, attention, caring and love. You treat your baby with […]
September 23rd, 2021
Why Active Listening is Good for Your Brain
Anyone who has experienced the effects of Active Listening, either as the person being listened to or the listener or […]
August 24th, 2021
Do Your Kids Really Know You?
In the P.E.T. program, self-disclosing messages are referred to as I-Messages. An l-Message is a communication about the self — […]
June 22nd, 2021
What are Values and How Do They Impact Your Family Life
Many countries and organizations have constitutions. These constitutions are made up of ideals and beliefs which spell out how that […]
March 16th, 2021
Do You Like Yourself as a Parent?
(from the P.E.T. book, 2019 revised edition) Parenthood in our society is considered more a way to influence the growth and […]
February 19th, 2021
How to Talk More with Your Kids
One of the most effective and constructive ways of responding to children’s feeling-messages or problem-messages is the “door-opener” or “invitation […]
January 12th, 2021
What Precisely Is the P.E.T. Method of Parenting?
(Newly-found speech from 1999!) When people ask me: what exactly is the P.E.T. method of parenting, I usually feel somewhat […]
November 12th, 2020