For 1 ½ years, my husband and I have received parenting support from Cynthia with wonderful results. We attended a parenting seminar of Cynthia’s because we were suffering from four years of an intense relationship with our teenage son who was then 16. We were raised in China and we believed we should have control…
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We received coaching from Cynthia and as a result, we experienced greater harmony together. Since we have the same approach now, it feels like we are working as a team to face our child rearing challenges. Our relationship as a couple has improved. Here are our personal experiences about learning new and effective parenting skills…
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A successful family is a family where growth has the highest value. Growth has more value than what is accomplished or the final “product.” This means that we encourage challenging our weaknesses without judgment. When we can’t change them, the other family members take up the slack and don’t continually ask, “Why did (or didn’t)…
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My wife and I started the month-long Accelerated Wisdom Program with Cynthia. We came primarily to open up communication with our 13 year old daughter. She wasn’t telling us much about what she was thinking or feeling and that was a concern because of future potential issues that teens face. At the end of our…
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Parents desire to have loving relationships with their children so they will be trusted and their children will seek them out for support and advice. While teaching my parenting classes, it becomes clear that well-meaning parents are resorting to ineffective punishment strategies, which hurt the relationship, because they just don’t know what else to do.…
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Dear Cynthia, You have made me aware of how to listen to my 12 year-old son carefully and not diminish his feelings. In some ways I feel like I am really listening to him for the first time. I regret all the time I spent not listening to him. There are years of miscommunication to…
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Here is a great post from Girls Leadership. It supports the listening and problem solving skills that I teach moms and dads. Pop Quiz: Who does a teen girl turn to first when she’s feeling low on courage? If you guessed friends, you’d be wrong. The answer was moms. Surprised? So were we. In Girls…
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Every fall, the organization Challenge Success located on the Stanford campus has an amazing event for parents I go every year and I encourage you to go as well. Register on their website. Friday, September 25th7:00 – 9:00 pm Memorial Auditorium | 551 Serra Mall, Stanford University Open to the Public | Adults: $10 Students:…
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Posted August 18, 2015 | by Madeline Levine | Posted in Courageous Parenting I received this post in the Challenge Success Back to School Newsletter A new school year is about to begin. First, we need to get over the lingering regret about what we didn’t accomplish — the closets that remain unkempt, the books…
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When kids don’t cooperate with you, it’s easy to take it personally as though they are against you. I call this response the “parent’s victim mentality.” When you see yourself as a victim, you think your kids are acting against you-that you are the target of their behavior. You may think, “They are being disrespectful…
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