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Explore a process for dealing with simple and challenging parenting topics, discover ways to promote a healthy parenting relationship, and learn how to better communicate with your child.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
Use a process to create daily routines.
Music and movies create every day opportunities to talk about drinking and cannabis use.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides tools to teach teens how to better manage stress.
You can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you parent to create a foundation for your child’s success.
“ParentingMercerIsland.org provides me tools to build the skills my kids need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.”
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
ParentingMercerIsland.org provides Mercer Island families the tools to build the skills children need to be confident, resilient, and make healthy choices.
Learn how you can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you provide guidance and discipline.
Learn how you can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you parent to create a foundation for your child’s success.
Learn how to use the 5-steps of the Parenting Mercer Island parenting process with your child at every age.
Join the Tools for Your Child's Success podcast in conversations about the challenges and the joys of being in a parenting role.
In this episode, we have a conversation about how providing guidance with discipline can grow skills and improve our relationships with our children. We are joined by Jennifer Miller, author of the book, Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers.
In this conversation, we talk about our relationships with our children. Joined by Dr. Shannon Wanless, an Applied Developmental Psychologist and the Director for the Office of Child Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, we learn intentional ways we can grow a healthy relationship that can be a foundation for our children’s success.
In this episode, we have a conversation about a step-by-step process parents or someone in a parenting role can follow for dealing with simple and challenging parenting topics. The process can help to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child.
In this conversation, we talk about social and emotional development. We are joined by Maurice Elias, Ph.D., one of the pioneers of social and emotional development, director of the Rutgers University Social-Emotional Development Lab, and author of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting. We discuss the importance of social and emotional development for a child’s success.
In this episode, we talk about intentional communication. Intentional communication is a way of communicating that deliberately fosters social and emotional skill development. It supports and enhances the relationship between parents and their child.
In this episode, we talk about some of the conversations we should be having with our children about alcohol and drugs and get specific ideas about what those conversations could sound like.
In this episode, we have a conversation about ways parents and those in a parenting role can be at their best for their children. We discuss intentional ways to develop our own skills and care for our own well-being – both physical and mental. We welcome back Jennifer Miller, author of the book, Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers.
As parents, we want to be at our best for our children. In part 1 of this episode, we discuss how taking care of our own health and wellbeing can include learning ways to improve our relationships with our parenting partners.
In part 2 of this episode, we continue the conversation on ways to improve our relationships with our parenting partners.
In this episode, we discuss parent judgment: dealing with criticism and unsolicited advice, the impact it can have on parents and children, how we can develop empathy and understanding towards others' choices, and tips for overcoming being judged by others.
Teach your child feeling words to help in their emotional growth now and through their teen years.
Resources for schools to engage with parents and those in a parenting role.
Guidance for partners to engage parents in utilizing ParentingMercerIsland.org
2"x3" card to promote ParentingMercerIsland.org
2"x3" card to promote ParentingMercerIsland.org
2"x3" card to promote ParentingMercerIsland.org
A one-page printable graphic of a step by step process to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child.
A 4" x 6" printable graphic summary of a step by step process to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child.
Tips from Parenting Mercer Island that address common issues for children ages 5–10.
Tips from Parenting Mercer Island that address common issues for children ages 11–14.
Tips from Parenting Mercer Island that address common issues for children ages 15–19.
Tips for developing healthy ways to calm down.
Learn about child trauma and what actions you can take to support your child after they have experienced a traumatic event.
Tips for discipline practices to build your child’s skills.
Learn about ways to develop good communication with your children and teens.
Tips for ways to promote a healthy parenting relationship with your child.
Explore the signs and symptoms of alcohol use, ways to talk with your child about concerns, and options you have for getting your child help.
Explore the signs and symptoms of drug use, ways to talk with your child about concerns, and options you have for getting your child help.
Tips for using logical consequences as teaching opportunities.
A 5-step process to address common parenting issues. Learn how to engage in each step with your child.
ParentingMercerIsland.org has information and tools for parents of children at every age to address simple and challenging parenting issues.
Learn about things you can do with your child at every age to prevent substance use.
Help your teen learn how to say “no” to alcohol and drugs while maintaining their friendships.
Developing social and emotional skills is essential for your child’s success. Learn how social and emotional skills can be taught and practiced in everyday interactions and situations.
Gain insight into the consequences of alcohol use, reasons to delay, and specific strategies you can implement to avoid underage drinking.
Gain insight into the consequences of marijuana use, reasons it’s important for teens to not use marijuana, and specific strategies you can implement to help your teen avoid marijuana.
Print-ready cards to promote Parenting Mercer Island.
A step-by-step process to build critical life skills and improve your relationships with your child.
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