Rhett Smith Podcast 23: The Over-Scheduling of Kid’s Lives, the One Activity, Per Kid, Per Grading Period, and the Importance of Cultivating a Listening Relationship with Your Kids Early On — with Psychologist Dr. Neil Stafford

I know it’s a cliche and commonplace to say that you are “busy” when someone asks how you are doing. I find myself saying that a lot, and more recently I’ve tried to correct that by questioning why am I so busy? And do I like being busy and do...

“Frantic Family” Question #1…

“What makes your family unique?” In his book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family, Patrick Lencioni writes this about that question: “Another way to phrase this question is, what differentiates your family from every other one on your block, or...

Don’t Place Your Anxiety on Your Kids

A few weeks ago I taught a parenting class at Highland Park Presbyterian Church where I made the claim that many of the anxieties that children experience are due to issues within the family and marital unit at large, rather than just in the individual kid. This...