GPE Blog
Overpowered by Stress?
“How to deal with Mom-stress,” Melinda asked? She was so honest, more honest than I had ever been about feeling stress. “I have been stressed out for many, many years, probably 15 years by now although no one would know. I carry it all on the inside.” She continued...
Homework a power struggle?
What is more important, the homework or the relationship with the child?
How our connection makes our kids independent!
"I am the mother of four teenagers, and sometimes, it is terrifying to know about all the dangers they are facing. If it's not bullying or cyberbullying-, it's alcohol, vaping, suicide, or sexting, to name just a few others. My children and I discuss everything: they...
My mom is a person …
Written by Joos Slot, 21 years old My mom. I look at her while we’re in the car on our way to her studio house, where she lives “on her own,” nowadays. After my sisters and I moved out, the family house was sold because she moved into her art studio. I look at her...
As if we always know best?
As if we always know best ...? Sometimes, as parents, we interact with our children as if we are superior as if we always know best. Who made us the experts of somebody else’s life? We may also be guilty of this with friends, co-workers, and other family...
Tips for Mother’s Day!
Will you celebrate Mother's Day? Mother’s Day, like Valentine’s Day, can be a very challenging holiday because we can have so many expectations. That day we expect to be loved by our family or our partner or our children. On that day most of us moms expect...
IT’S THE GUNS, some say …
A shooting! Fear, frustration, devastation: Another school shooting! IT’S THE GUNS, some say ... We blame. We agonize: How do we solve these school shootings? So we ask: Should we take the guns away? I do not believe that this will solve the problem. WE HAVE TO CHANGE...
…I hate the mother in the movie Lady Bird
The other day, I said to my neighbor, Tom, that I hate the mother in the Lady Bird movie. Surprised, my neighbor answered that he disagreed. He said: “Every mother is like that. Every parent has a contentious relationship with their kids, especially her daughter.”...
…the feast lasts for three days…
When my daughter was young, I wanted to make Thanksgiving a meaningful day. It couldn’t just be about food, eating turkey, and then, after having eaten too much, going to sleep! To me, that felt like a wasted opportunity. So I went to the library ...and came back with...
…And I Love You Anyway!
My friend recently said: “All my children argue, but one of them, in particular, does it more than the others. I wonder, is she fighting to be validated, to get attention, or out of a sense of insecurity? She feels that life is never fair. She often feels “less than,”...
3 Step Tool to Help Create a Great Bond Between Parents and Their Kids
3-Step Tool for parents to create more bonding in the family
