Tag Archives: empathy parenting

The Proof is in the… Argument?!

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

We naturally all look at how our children are being for signs of how we’re doing as parents. We measure our methods by our successes in parenting just as much as we do in any other vital endeavor — as … Continue reading →

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The Power of Empathy in Parenting — A Video Interview

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Greetings fam-friends! The link below is to a video interview that Wendy McDonell of Compassionate Solutions did with me last week on the subject of using empathy in parenting. I hope you like it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1cRqQCzE4 * Be well.

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The Myth of the Self-Soothing Infant

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

I can sum up today’s post in one sentence. That wasn’t it though… 😉 It’s simply this (and it may sound familiar if you’ve read many of my posts at all): The human brain is born without the ability to manage … Continue reading →

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Growing Self-Fulfilling Humans

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

I won’t lie to you, friends — sometimes, and really just sometimes, I still question what we’re doing here. I sometimes still wonder — if we stay off the well-beaten paths of modern parenting, if we tenderly nurture our kids, without punishing … Continue reading →

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Digging a Little Deeper than “Misbehavior”

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

So — there’s this dirty little parenting myth that started decades ago and that lingers still in the rarely mentioned corners of the current social parenting contract corrupting the ears of those who listen, and driving opposition into the hearts of families everywhere. … Continue reading →

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The Long and Winding Road…

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

One of the themes this week in the various social media parenting groups to which I belong has been “process”. Several times, I’ve found myself encouraging parents to remember that growing up, learning how to negotiate life, figuring out all the … Continue reading →

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Making Friends… with Oxytocin!

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

 I bet you’ve heard rumors about it already. I bet word has already gotten upwind of you and drifted down to your eyes and ears about the effects of “that ‘love’ brain chemical”. Maybe in your prenatal class, in a prenatal … Continue reading →

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The Power of Saying What You Want

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

In the Positive Discipline parenting course (in which Natalie and I were trained and certified as instructors last Spring…), there are a slew of different experiential activities  that instructors may share with parents in order to help underscore or increase … Continue reading →

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Back to YOU

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

You had a magnificent Summer. You did all (or almost all) of the super-fun stuff that you promised the kids you’d do. You took trips, you played hard, you went to the splash park and the beach and the fair, … Continue reading →

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Co-Operation Beats Compliance Every Time

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

“How many times do I have to tell you?!” “When are you going to learn?” “If you don’t listen to me…!”  If you’ve ever been around kids for more than a minute, you’ve likely heard some of their parents say at least something … Continue reading →

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Friend of Foe — Turning Children’s Upsets into Assets for the Family

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy into a friend. — MLK Pretty much every parent I’ve ever met, including myself (yes, I have met myself on a couple of occasions now…), has in one instance or … Continue reading →

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Faith: Restored

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

I gotta admit, folks, I’m a little choked up. And in truth, I’m not sure at all just what I am here to say, but I’m hoping that whatever it is will find it’s way to you as I make … Continue reading →

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Meet Your Emotional Brain — or — Whose “Tantrum” is This, Anyway?

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Today we’re going on a journey once again to the center of our brains! This time I want to introduce you (once again) to the Cingulate Cortex. Cingulate Cortex, this is the people. People, Cingulate Cortex. This is one heck … Continue reading →

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New Tools and Time Well-Spent

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Boy, oh boy, have we been workin’ it lately! I tell you, Natalie and I are on fire… We’ve been wheeling and dealing with coalition builders and program directors and business advisors and concerned teachers and parents from all over, … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Adventure Parenting (Re-blog)

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Originally posted on "A Beautiful Place of the World":
I almost wrote a post about it last summer, when I read the New York Magazine article, All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior, but I didn’t. I was…

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