Create Your Own Family Holidays

This is the time of the year when we’re celebrating holidays back to back. But why wait for “official” holidays to celebrate? Create your own family traditions that are special and meaningful to your family. In her book, Everyday Opportunities for Extraordinary Parenting, Bobbi Conner offers several ideas for reasons for your family to celebrate throughout the year including: Children’s Day (each family selects the date and it can change each year) First Day Back to School First Day of Summer Vacation Annual Family Spring Walk Together (the first day of Spring — rain or shine!) The Family Pet’s Birthday … Continue reading

The Healing Comfort of Family Words

Some years ago I studied post graduate Solution Focused Therapy under Dr Robert McNeilly. He had just coauthored “Healing with Words” and since then I have been interested in the traditional family words that have far greater positive meaning than anyone else could possibly realize. Ours are “Stars and Moon” and “I love you 50”, – they each mean the same thing. Both are short for: “I love you 50 thousand million trillion AND all the way to the sun, the moon, around the stars and back again.” The history of these statements are modern, founded in the wonderful child’s … Continue reading