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7/13/2016

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​On the Love After Kids Facebook page, I have been posting current articles and posts related to parenting and relationships. Here is the second article round-up, which I'll be presenting once or twice a month.
Mom shares important reminder for stressed-out mothers everywhere
Mom Shares Important Reminder For Stressed-Out Mothers Everywhere
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​I love to see more and more openness and honesty about the darker sides of parenting: “So cheers to first 9 months of poop, spew and crappy sleep!” - Mel Watts, The Modern Mumma
Strong Parenting, Strong Children, Strong Adults

​This is a good article by Shelley Hopper who explores what it means to raise strong children and how we think about strength and gender...
Strong parenting, strong children, strong adults
It's not what we tell our children, it's what we show them
It’s Not What We Tell Our Children, It’s What We Show Them

What we show our kids is even more important than what we tell them...
6 Ways To Avoid Passing Your Anxiety To Your Kids

​This is a good article on the importance of managing your own feelings and anxieties as a parent and not projecting it onto your kids...
6 ways to avoid passing your anxiety to your kids
We all fight the undertow
We All Fight the Undertow

This is an incredibly poignant post about how connected we really are and why making assumptions based on surface perceptions is so limiting...
I’ll Never Be That Kind of Parent

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Most of us make pronouncements before we have our own kids that we will never do certain things that were done to us, or that we see other people doing. It's different when we confront the daily reality of parenting though. This author encourages parents to give themselves a break. You don't need to be perfect to be good enough...
I'll never be that kind of parent
With so many rules and consequences, how do you actually get to know your child?
With So Many Rules and Consequences, How Do You Actually Get to Know Your Child?
​The author of this article is a child and infant psychoanalyst. She explores both rule and consequence setting with our kids, highlighting the importance of looking beyond the behavior of your child to understand the meaning...
Parenting Stones
This mom blogger speaks about the importance of community when it comes to parenting, and not throwing stones. Judge not lest ye be judged. Parents need to support each other...
Does your daughter know it's okay to be angry?
Does Your Daughter Know It’s Okay To Be Angry?

What happens to girls when they're constantly given the message that they cannot be angry? As parents, we need to let our little girls know that it is alright to be angry. Encouraging sublimation can lead to problems later on like anxiety and stress disorders...
Where Listening Is the New Lecture

I love this author's approach to teaching, which involves a paradigm shift from the bully pulpit to auditor. I see it in my son's school, which emphasizes the socratic method. It's empowering and inclusive. You can apply the same approach to parenting. We've got to listen to our kids..​
Where listening is the new lecture
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David B. Younger, Ph.D is the creator of Love After Kids, for couples that have grown apart since having children. He is a clinical psychologist and couples therapist with a web-based private practice, and lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, 11 year-old son, 2 year-old daughter and 4 year-old toy poodle
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