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Breaking Free: Overcoming Toxic Parenting for a Brighter Future

ByJoe Martino April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

Breaking the Cycle: Healing from Toxic Parenting – Dive into the profound impact toxic parenting has on children’s mental and emotional well-being, echoing into the adults they become! Uncover the telltale signs of toxic parenting behaviors and grasp the correlation between parental psychological abuse and mental health. Empower yourself with effective strategies for breaking the cycle and embarking on a journey of healing from past trauma. This installment marks the second part of an enlightening series, laying the groundwork for future explorations into this critical topic. You can find part one

Family | Parenting | Things I Hopy My Kids Learn

Things I Hope My Kids Learn: You are not the sum of your mistakes. #66

ByJoe Martino January 9, 2017

One of the most common things I see in life is people enslaved by their mistakes.

We are hardwired to connection from birth.

ByJoe Martino February 4, 2016

In large measure, what is causing this crisis of American childhood is a lack of connectedness. We mean two kinds of connectedness—close connections to other people, and deep connections to moral and spiritual meaning.

Dealing with the In-laws and other parental advice givers

ByJoe Martino February 4, 2013

One of the most common discussions I have when I talk to people is “How do I handle my in-laws when it comes to my kids?” Just this morning, I heard about a couple who has parents disagreeing with their “sick” policy. You know those conversations. They usually go something like this: You: Oh, we…

Children | Family | Parenting | Social Media

Shoot a computer, shame your daughter and drag kids around so they can really learn: or other ways to stupidly parent

ByJoe Martino February 14, 2012

There is a man named David Hughes who has shared a picture on Facebook that has gone viral. Judging by the comments, it is only going to gain in popularity. I am sure that Mr. Hughes is a nice man, with strong values and this post isn't about him. I simply wanted to give him…

Children | Parenting

Parenting to teach, not just stop behavior

ByJoe Martino January 19, 2012

Yesterday I wrote about why I don’t believe sandwich sign parenting will work. The day before I wrote about three levels of thinking and how I believe our parenting needs to move to a level beyond punishment as a motivation. One of the readers asked a great question. He asked, What does this look like…

Children | Family | Parenting

Mom lived well (thoughts on what it means to live well)

ByJoe Martino January 4, 2012

In August of 2011 I went to a funeral of a dear lady. She was a sweet Italian lady who reminded me of my own mother. She would do things like my mom did and she would wear these house gowns that both my mom and my grandma wore. This is amusing to me because…

Children | Parenting

Everybody wins! (Just for showing up part 5)

ByJoe Martino September 22, 2011

Part one can be found here and part two can be found here. You can find part three here. Part four can be found here. This has been a fun series for me to write. I have had a lot of people contact me to tell me how much they agree. I have had some…