February 5th, 2026
Parenting Blog (“P.E.T. Connection”)
Parenting Blog (“P.E.T. Connection”)
January 8th, 2026
How You Parent Impacts…Everything (no pressure, right?!)
(By Dr. Thomas Gordon – from his book, Teaching Children Self-Discipline) Many parents who have learned how to employ P.E.T. […]
December 4th, 2025
Three Reasons to Active Listen to Your Child
1. Relieves “emotional flooding”. When your child is experiencing a problem, feeling can overwhelm thoughts. A child can become emotionally […]
November 5th, 2025
P.E.T. Isn’t a Panacea, but…
While research studies strongly support that democratic families do provide an interpersonal climate conducive to healthy, creative, and fully functioning […]
October 15th, 2025
A Deep Dive Into Some of the “Myth-teries” of Parenting
Each parent has a unique and different “window” for viewing the behavior of another person. Two parents may have very […]
September 9th, 2025
You’re Being a Baby
One of our P.E.T. Instructors told me that she was recently sitting in an airport lounge waiting for a flight […]
August 6th, 2025
How You Talk to Children Impacts…Everything
“Children rely on the language of the adults in their immediate environment to learn both about themselves and the world, […]
July 9th, 2025
“A Parenting Class!? That’s Supposed to Come Natural.”
“Thank God our kids never got into drugs.” “Fortunately, our daughter got over her shyness.” “We were really lucky with […]
June 17th, 2025
A Diamond in Our Own Backyard
Recently there was one of those home-garden-art events—you know where people open up their yards for tours and local artists […]
May 8th, 2025