November 2025

October 2025

Surviving Halloween Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY... and by that I mean the day with the BIGGEST meltdowns...

Oct 30, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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When Approval Becomes an Addiction

Why "good jobs" and gold stars are not the encouragement we think they are.

Oct 30, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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Breaking the Cycle of Love and Control....

How Cognitive Dissonance and our own childhood plays a role in our parenting.

Oct 22, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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What do we do about hitting?

One of the most common questions that still deserves an answer: What do we do about kids who hit?

Oct 16, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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Children's Books and other threats

Reading to children is one of the best ways to foster empathy, which is great.... as long as you want them to be empathetic.

Oct 15, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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Gentle Parenting isn't the problem.... or is it?

Why I'm thinking about ditching Gentle Parenting.... even if I don't change the way I parent.

Oct 2, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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September 2025

The Why Problem: How a Kiwi changed my life...

Is intrinsic motivation really enough for our kids to overcome the most challenging obstacles?

Sep 17, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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Rethinking Back-To-School: Better Goals for Education

We need to talk about it. AI is ruining school.

Sep 11, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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August 2025

Rethinking Back-To-School: Stop Caring About Grades....

Part 3 of 4. Time to zoom out. We have the wrong goal here.

Aug 26, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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Rethinking Back-to-School: After-School Restraint Collapse

Part 2 of 4. Does your kid come home acting like a zombie, banshee, or some other mythical monster? You're not alone...

Aug 20, 2025 • Jon Fogel

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