Core Essential Values

This month we're reposting a "greatest hit" from 2022 about perseverance for you to learn from as you head toward the end of the school year!

This month we're reposting a "greatest hit" from 2022 about perseverance for you to learn from as you head toward the end of the school year!

It's a great month to honor someone, and this episode gives some great ideas for how to do that.

Have a piece of humble pie while you check out this episode about humility!

Listen in as Dr. Beth shares some of her (strong!) feelings about respect!

Start off the new year committed to your best parenting yet! Listen in this month as Dr. Beth shares more about how to bring up kids who can stay committed.

Listen in as Dr. Beth shares about how to find joy as a parent this holiday season, and what to do when you simply can't.

Join us this month as we chat about how trust impacts your parenting!

Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they chat about being a lifelong learner as a child and as a parent, and how to be open to learning new things.

Learn more about parenting your kids to be brave - and helping yourself gather courage in the process!

Kick off the school year right

Heading into summer might seem like a strange time to focus on initiative, but seeing what needs to be done and doing it takes no breaks! Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie share about teaching initiative to kids.

TW: Discussion about hopelessness among teens, suicide. Join Dr. Beth and Leslie to hear about parenting with hope - from pre-k through high school.

Listen in to a "mini therapy session" and get some suggestions for parenting with cooperation. Hear how to encourage good teamwork with your kids of all ages.

Dr. Beth and Leslie celebrate the uniqueness of other people's kids - and give you tips for how you can, too! Comparison and jealousy be gone - this month is about learning more about others so you can know more about yourself.

Happy New Year! Beth and Leslie talk about what it takes to parent with resilience, and when we can (and can't) expect kids to bounce back.

Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about how living with the value of service can mesh with - but is different from - service projects. It's the perfect time of year to find out how we can help each other and lend a hand!

Join us to chat about Skittles, sharing, and giving and receiving generosity!

Ugh - no one loves talking about self-control, let alone practicing it! Listen in this month for some tips on how to make it a bit less painful, for you and your kids.

Join us this month as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about noticing, empathy, and building skills for compassionate kids.

Welcome back! This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about starting off the school year with wisdom, meeting new teachers, and making new friends.

Commit to a fun summer - listen in for some tips on how to parent with fun and gain some needed rest this summer.

Ugh - this one isn't the most fun to put into practice, but it is so important to live out for our kids. Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth ta;k through modeling and encouraging patience as parents.

Peace can be hard to achieve in your home - tight schedules, grouchy kids, and adult stress can really take their toll! Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how to look for peace in your relationships so you can find peace in yourself.

Kindness vs being right? Kindness vs being a pushover? Kindness v niceness or politeness? Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie tackle these topics and more this month!

Join in as Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about responsibility, trust, and starting off the new year on the right foot!

Tune in to hear Dr. Beth and Leslie talk about parenting your kids to be generous people, now and in the future. Also, we'd love to see the art projects your kids gift you so generously this month! Share with us @cevalues.

This month we cover what it's like to parent with gratitude - avoiding entitlement, finding ways to show our kids that we are grateful for them, and looking around at our own friends and relationships to find ways to say thank you.

This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about integrity - how to keep your kids on the path to being truthful in what they say and do. Off the bat, Dr. Beth drops one particularly hard truth - everybody lies. Listen in!

This month, join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about friendship - how do you help your children establish healthy and lasting friendships at any age? And how do OUR adult friendship habits reflect onto our children's choices?

We're back! It's a new school year, and Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about parenting through the rush of back-to-school while leaving time for creativity.

Ever feel like throwing in the towel? If so, check out this episode where Leslie and Dr. Beth share their highs and lows with the concept of determination - deciding it's worth it to finish what you've started.

Drop in with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about parenting with humility, avoiding entitlement, and finding balance between taking care of yourself and others.

This month's word is forgiveness, so join Dr. Beth and Leslie as they chat about how to do something that's difficult for many of us - how to forgive ourselves as adults.

It might seem like it's obvious, but teaching respect can be a very tricky thing for kids of all ages. Listen in as Dr. Beth shares the best way to build steps to respect with your young children through older teens.

Happy New Year! Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about how to build knowledge in your children.

During this busy time of year, listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about how to find joy at home and with your kids. It's the most wonderful time of the year, right?!

Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth describe practical steps for parenting older children and teens with courage.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they discuss how to parent your young children to be courageous, and how being brave doesn't mean eliminating fear.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our PreK children, including how to handle frustration when confronted with a difficult task.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our teenagers.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our elementary age students.

It's so hard to talk about trust with younger children - it's much easier to give them experiences of trust so they can identify it later in relationships. Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they share more about encouraging trust and trustworthiness in children.

Trust is important to middle and high schoolers as they make relational decisions every day. Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they share more about encouraging trust and trustworthiness in teens.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they kick off the school year with honor. How can you honor your kids, your family's time, and the adults who will invest in your kids this year as the school year gets underway?

Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how to know when to walk away and when to persevere.

Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they explore ways to help your preschoolers finish tasks as we wrap up the school year.

Hope can be a tough concept for little ones, but Dr. Beth gives some advice for how to build the foundation for hope even when our children are very young.

The past couple of years may have felt hopeless for your child. Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth about how to talk about and find hope even when your child is in the midst of darkness, as well as how to help your teen dream big.

Helping your elementary age student find hope can be tricky, as developmentally they tend to see things as one (good) or the other (bad). Listen in to Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about strategies for building hope as our kids grow into abstract thinking.