Janis B. Meredith's Blog: JBM Thinks Sportsparenting, page 15

How to Fight Worry and Anxiety as a Sports Parent

Parental worry and anxiety are normal however, being a sports parent can increase those feelings The worry list for sports parents is long: playing time, bullying, conflicts with coaches or teammates, game-time performance, and injuries.  It’s a parental instinct to want to protect our children. One way we make ourselves feel better is to think about...

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How to Win at Homework Battles

Parents and children often have homework battles, but believe it or not, homework can actually be a time of connection, not conflict. The problem with homework is that it’s simply not fun and it can be yet another thing that you have to stay on top of your kids to do. As if chores and...

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What to do When the Youth Sports Refs Tick You Off

Youth sports refs really haven’t changed much in the 25 years since I watched my oldest daughter’s first game. Over the years, I’ve seen refs who called way too much or way too little and many many many “bad” calls. When my kids were playing youth sports, I often found myself yelling at the officials...

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The Parenting Mindset That Will Set You Free

Are you aware that your parenting mindset could be holding you hostage? Parents are under a lot of pressure. We want to raise kids who do good in school, who either graduate from college or at least get a good job out of high school. We want our children to grow up to be good...

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Who is Running the Show in Your Home?

Are your kids running the show in your home? This is a question I asked myself frequently as my children were growing up. Even now that they are grown, I have to ask every now and then if I am still doing too much for them. If you are doing too much for your kids,...

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3 Secrets to Communicating with Teens

Communicating with teenagers can be a huge challenge. Conversations often get tense and emotionally out of control. I talk a lot about good communication on Raising Champion Families, but along with the important habits of listening well, asking good questions, not judging, and not jumping to conclusions, there are some other very key ingredients to...

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How Are Your Child’s Life Skills?

How are you doing when it comes to teaching your kids life skills? Last week I talked about things you can do to help your kids learn to adult well. And just in case you didn’t believe me when I said that this was indeed an issue for parents today, take a look at these...

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10 Ways That Parents Can Prepare Little Humans to “Adult”

It’s a sad fact that many parents today are sabotaging their child’s future without even knowing what they are doing or understanding the implications of some of their parenting habits. There is no doubt in my mind that the majority of parents want to raise independent adults; I don’t know of any parents personally who...

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Here’s How You Can Make 2020 the Start of Great Things for Your Family!

The beginning of 2020 brings excitement and anticipation. What will the year bring for your family? What new things will happen? What goals will be met? What progress will be made? Such questions cause many to begin the year with new year’s resolutions. But what if you tried something different this year? Instead of New...

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10 Habits of Good Parenting

Good parenting is really just a series of habits based on a mindset that what you are doing is not an event, a strategy, a solution, it is a process of many habits, many conversations, many ups and down, many mistakes and many lessons learned from them. Good parenting is only good, not because the...

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