Eva Dwight

Parenting 03 May

The surprising reason your kid is acting defiant and difficult

My son was 6-years-old. He was reading chapter books and could string together a story about the Pokemon sitting on his shoulder who (…)

Parenting 17 Apr

Individuating: How to let teens learn to be adults before they are

Last summer, my son injured himself with a power tool, which led to a night of surgery and a hospital stay, followed by physical therapy and (…)

Parenting 02 Apr

When your teen stresses you out, remember YOUR teenage years

I work with teens for a living, so I have many occasions to fall into the trap of thinking that, because their bodies look mostly grown up, (…)

Parenting 20 Mar

How to set your kids up for success

You’ve heard of teachable moments, right? That’s a nice way of saying your kid made a mistake and you need to teach them something so (…)

Parenting 05 Mar

How to fix your relationship with your rebel teenager

In your darker moments as the parent of a teenager, have you secretly worried that your kid is NEVER going to master that whole (…)

Parenting 22 Feb

Ask yourself this question before intervening in your kids' lives

Since writing about perfectionist parenting a couple weeks ago, I’ve been wrestling with a couple of questions that keep coming up (…)

Parenting 30 Jan

Feelings every perfectionist parent can relate to, and how to recover

Mistakes are wonderful opportunities to learn! I’ve taught this foundational belief of the Positive Discipline program in parenting (…)