Welcome to the coaching resources!
If you have gone through parent coaching with a Connected Families coach, you have lifetime access to this page. We do periodically update this page, and we sincerely hope this resources will be a blessing to your family.
Supplemental Coaching Workbook Resources
Dig Deeper into the Framework
Many of these resources can also be found the Appendix of your Discipline that Connects book
Foundation
- Podcast: I Feel Overwhelmed and Hopeless
- Podcast: When Doing My Best Isn’t Good Enough (For Dads)
- Podcast: Grace & Truth for Moms
- Podcast: Christian Parenting: The Story Behind Connected Families’ Unique Framework for Parenting
- Podcast: Ending the Shame Cycle
- Podcast: Want to Show Grace to Your Kids? Soak it in First
- Article: Let Go of Perfectionism and Grab Hold of Grace
- Online Course: Grace & Truth for Moms
- Article: 6 Practical Tips to Tame Your Temper
- Article: Breaking the Yelling Habit
- Article: Do-Overs: You Lost Your Temper With Your Child: How to Make Things Better Again
- Article: Hope for Critical Parents
- Article: Co-Parenting When You Are Opposites
- E-book: Spanking E-book / Appendix and Boundaries-Obedience Diagram
Connect
- Podcast: The Gospel in Our Parenting Part 1
- Podcast: The Gospel in Our Parenting Part 2
- Podcast: Communicating Love in the Midst of Misbehavior
- Podcast: Enjoy Your Children the Way You Always Wanted To
- Podcast: Want to Build Connection in Your Family?
- Podcast: A Powerful New Perspective for Your Parenting
- Podcast: Why is My Child So Angry All the Time?
- Podcast: 3 Principles to Help Your Child Calm and Regulate
- Article: My Child Wants Nothing to Do With Me. Is There Hope?
- Article: 20 Statements that Communicate Empathy to Kids
- Article: Prevent Misbehavior in 30 Seconds or Less
- Article: Attachment Play
- Article: Connecting When Connection is Hard
- Article: “Go Away, I Want Mommy!”
- Online Course: Sensitive & Intense Kids
- Online Course: 7 Practical Calming Strategies for Kids
- PDF: Sensory Activities to Get Kids Moving and Laughing
- PDF: Purposeful Play Resource / Cheat Sheet
- Graphic: Romans 8:38,39 adaptation download
Coach
- Podcast: Applying the ABCs of Affirmation
- Podcast: Encouraging Kids That “Just Don’t Care!”
- Podcast: Teaching Your Child to Navigate “Mean Kids”
- Podcast: Is Your Child’s Misbehavior Actually a Gift
- Podcast: Family Teamwork: How to Meet Together as a Family
- Podcast: The Power of Empathy: How to Teach Kids Empathy
- Podcast: My Kids Won’t Do Chores Without My Nagging
- Article: 50 Self-Regulation Activities to Empower Your Child to Calm
- Article: Hurtful Comments: Teach Your Child How to Process and Grow (Trash, Truth, Treasure tool)
- Article: Family Meetings: The Why and the How of Fun, Successful, Family Meetings
- Article: Motivate, Model, Practice, Praise
- Article: Can True Empathy Really Be Taught to Kids?
- Article: Teaching Kids Resilience
- Online Course: The Power of Questions – Less Arguing, More Widsom
- Online Course: The Entitlement Fix
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Teaching your kids the framework?
We’ve got a resource for that too! Try using this simplified version with your kids.
More Resources for Common Struggles
While Connected Families does a lot and puts out a lot of resources, we want to connect you with all the best articles, research, and videos out there.
Sensory Challenges (General)
- Challenging Children: What Makes Them Tick? What Can We Do?
- Sensory Activities to Calm and Focus Your Child
- Sensory Input Techniques
- Teaching Kids Self-Regulation
- Insight and Help for Your Child’s Meltdowns (aka Fight/Flight Reactions)
- Sensory Video Series – Parent Workbook
- Sensory Activities Equipment
- Sensory Activities List
- Sensory Activities Worksheet
- Creating a Sensory Backpack
- In Home Swings
- Massage & Pillow Pressure
- Sleep/Wake Transitions
Defiant/Explosive Kids
- Lives in the Balance (Ross Green’s approach to explosive kids)
- Walking Tour of Lives in the Balance (from above site)
Family Meetings
Growth Mindset
- Carol Dweck: A Study on Praise and Mindsets (summary of growth mindset)
- Carol Dweck: Teaching a Growth Mindset to Kids
- TED Talk: “Building Your Inner Coach” (target audience: young athletes)
Meals and Eating
- Handout: Peaceful Mealtimes
- Handout: Probiotic Resources
- Article: 4 Simple Rules to Manage Mealtime Mayhem
- Article: Struggling at the Dinner Table? How to Come Together & Enjoy
Questions vs. Commands
- Interview: Liz Wiseman on the art of asking questions (in business and parenting)
- Connected Families: The Most Important Tool for Building Wisdom
- Connected Families: The Art of Asking Good Questions
- Connected Families: How Can I Ask Questions When I’m Upset?
- Compromise Diagram with Questions
Self-Awareness (Emotions, Arousal State, Etc.)
Technology
- Connected Families: Healthy Screen Time with Kids—An Oxymoron or a Hopeful Possibility?
- Connected Families: Online Gaming Addiction
- External Doc: Top 10 Tips for Tech Healthy Kids
- SafeKids.Com
- What Makes a Video Game Addictive
- Family Digital Covenant of Conduct
- Pediatricians Elaborate on Screen Guidelines
- Impact of Screens on Kids