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Bonnie Harris

Bonnie Harris

Why Kids Lie and How Handle it to Motivate Honesty and Trust

Q. My eight-year-old daughter has taken to lying and I don’t know what to do. The other day I was driving her home from a friend’s house. I…

May 6

May 6

Bonnie Harris

The Difference Between Limits and Boundaries and Why It’s so Important

If you want your children to become respectful, responsible people, you must model that behavior. With poor boundaries, this is hard to do.

Aug 21, 2023

The Difference Between Limits and Boundaries and Why It’s so Important

Aug 21, 2023

Bonnie Harris

9 Signs Your Defiant Kid is Actually an Integrity Child

Are you exhausted and overwhelmed by your clever little manipulator who fights you every step of the way, won’t take no for an answer and…

May 17, 2022

9 Signs Your Defiant Kid is Actually an Integrity Child

May 17, 2022

Bonnie Harris

Thinking Outside the Box for School-Resistant Kids

My proposed solution is simple: don’t waste a lot of time and money pushing kids in directions they don’t want to go. Instead find out what…

May 17, 2022

Thinking Outside the Box for School-Resistant Kids

May 17, 2022

Bonnie Harris

6 Warning Signs You Need to Empower Your Harmony Child

Harmony children* are just what the name implies — they thrive on harmony. They hate fights, anger and tension and will do what they can…

May 17, 2022

6 Warning Signs You Need to Empower Your Harmony Child

May 17, 2022

Bonnie Harris

Willful Defiance: A Lesson for Parents and Teachers

We live in a school culture within a parenting culture that expects its children to fit in and embrace that culture.

May 17, 2022

Willful Defiance: A Lesson for Parents and Teachers

May 17, 2022

Bonnie Harris

Chores and Other Distasteful Words

I hate the word chores, and I can guarantee your kids do too. Asking kids to do chores is like saying I want you to take on this drudgery…

May 17, 2022

Chores and Other Distasteful Words

May 17, 2022

Bonnie Harris

Just Being

This summer, especially following this Covid-fraught school year, I want to revisit my Be more, teach less philosophy. Kids love summer…

Oct 13, 2021

Just Being

Oct 13, 2021

Bonnie Harris

‘Mom, you’re so annoying’

Q. I know that it’s normal for adolescents to reject their parents to some degree but my son (11) has been coming out with some very…

Oct 13, 2021

‘Mom, you’re so annoying’

Oct 13, 2021

Bonnie Harris

3 Ways to Set the Emotional Tone for the New School Year

I know I’m not alone in thinking this school year would be sort of back to normal. But it’s not over yet and many believe it won’t ever be…

Oct 13, 2021

3 Ways to Set the Emotional Tone for the New School Year

Oct 13, 2021

Bonnie Harris

Bonnie Harris

Director, ConnectiveParenting.com. Understanding why parents and kids do what they do and helping build the bridges to connective relationships.

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