Discipline Without Shame

Do you feel like every conversation with your teen ends in frustration — or silence? In this episode, Mark and Wayne share eight practical strategies for improving communication with today’s adolescents. From listening more and correcting less to asking better questions and avoid ...  Show more

Every parent wants to protect their child from pain. But what if some of life's greatest lessons come through it? Mark shares a personal story that transformed the way he thinks about pain and parenting. He explains how emotional pain often drives unhealthy behaviors, why teens s ...  Show more

I recently had a heart-to-heart conversation with a parent who was struggling with some very normal parenting challenges. However, she was too harsh on herself and kept blaming herself for the mistakes she made. It's common to feel guilty and ashamed when we make mistakes as pare ...  Show more

We're talking about shame when it comes to our kids, ourselves and others. We believe our children need to hear how wrong they are for their behaviors or words at times and we use shame to do this. We have come to realize it actually makes them act out even more and the cycle of ...  Show more

When your child makes a mistake, you want to help them process and understand their mistake without the use of shame, punishments, or making them feel like you’re disappointed in them. Harsh parenting does absolutely no favors for us or our kids, and as a parent who used to subsc ...  Show more

Shame comes from feeling "not enough" and is often perpetuated by beliefs in societal norms that are misguided and dangerous. All parents are susceptible to parenting shame but the pressure moms feel to be perfectly present and connected is especially strong. Shame often gets in ...  Show more