by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 6, 2023 | Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation, Perception
Families come in all shapes and sizes. I adopted my daughter from China as a single mom which was a “lot” radical for my Southern family. Did I say I was 45 years old at the time? HA! Growing up in a Southern home I had a parenting template that conditioned me to...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Jan 23, 2023 | Blog, Connection, Emotional Maturity, Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love
You live in a culture that tells you how your children “should be”. Through the ages and stages, there is a lot of info that expects your child to measure up. In Purejoy, we go a little deeper by supporting you in looking internally. What need are you...
by Jessica Henderson | Dec 26, 2022 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Blog, Emotional Maturity, Gratitude, Uncategorized
Here we are in the space between Christmas and New Year. So curious! Life is sort of just hanging out, the kids are home from school, we’ve had wild weather in the US that changed a lot of people’s holiday plans, and it’s the last week of 2022! How was your...
by Jessica Henderson | Dec 26, 2022 | Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation, Uncategorized
Welcome to all of the new folks who have made your way here via the Happily Family conference! This week we’re talking about how you treat yourself. When my kiddos were little I was really focused on having a healthy relationship with them. I wanted to be the best mom...
by Jessica Henderson | Nov 17, 2022 | Connection, Emotional Maturity, Sibling Conflicts
I love to listen to my kiddos- to really listen. (Most of the time- the opposite is also true and sometimes I ask them to stop talking!) A favorite stage of development in each of my kiddos was eighteen months to two years when they really started telling me things...
by Jessica Henderson | Nov 1, 2022 | Behavior, Connection, Emotional Maturity
Do you love kids? Great! We have an invite for you. Happily Family Conference is underway. If you sign up HERE you will have a chance to download a new FREE Healthy Separation Guidebook from Purejoy. Last week we talked about how what we don’t like in our children, we...
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