Author: Karen Suppes

As humans we are so easily drawn to what is not working. We spot the problems, and over look the things that are going right. We want to fix whatever seems broken. As parents this effort usually gets diverted onto our children. We take responsibility to teach them what is right. We want them to…

Most parents parent the way they were parented. We don’t get an owner’s manual when our first little one comes along, and so we often rely on the hard-wired information about how to parent from being parented ourselves. The good news is that parenting skills are just that…skills. No one is born a great parent.…

Since we’ve all been parented one way or another, it’s important to consider different styles in which parenting comes out. Do all the styles have equally effective outcomes? Does it really matter which style someone chooses? Once we distinguish three common styles, you will be able to answer those questions for yourself. Giving Orders This…

It’s not hard to argue that a parent is the most influential influence in a child’s life. Attachment theories illumine the innate need babies are born with to attach, trust, and depend on a caregiver in order to thrive in life. God, our Creator, was the author of the family system where ideally two parents…

No child is a broken thing that needs to be fixed.  Sometimes parents think that therapy fixes people, or children, by merely changing behaviors.  Children aren’t problems to be fixed. Instead, children can feel stuck and often misbehave in ways that parents deem problematic.  But no child wants to feel stuck forever.  And a CCPT…