In parenting, there's no end to the room for improvement. So how can we find contentment?
Some things are elusive: a completely accurate memory, the scent of the night-blooming cereus (what was the name of that novel?), the...
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Welcome.
Grab a cup of tea and make yourself at home.
May these writings support you on your parenting journey.
Lori K Walters
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Honouring your Needs in Parenting
My track record with house plants is pretty dismal. I forget about them and under-water. Or I worry about forgetting them and over-water....
Lori K Walters
- Sep 5
- 6 min
How being punished as kids follows us into our parenting
When I was growing up, there was, in our house, a clear delineation between acceptable and shameful behaviour. Between being a good...
Lori K Walters
- Aug 22
- 6 min
Sensing the energetic boundaries between you and your child
“I don't seem to have strong enough boundaries with my teenager. I state them over and over but, when they're so opinionated and...
Lori K Walters
- Aug 15
- 3 min
Leaning into the Circle of Mothers
I don't give too much of my attention to social media and the internet. There’s so much false, unhelpful, damaging, coercive, caustic,...
Lori K Walters
- Aug 8
- 5 min
Does your kid's approach to problems and conflicts drive you crazy?
“It’s excruciating to watch when my daughter encounters an obstacle,” said Terri. “She finds out she’s forgotten about an English...
Lori K Walters
- Aug 1
- 6 min
Every teenager ever: Why can't you just love me for who I am?
Have you ever asked your teen or young adult child to change their behaviour – stop leaving a mess in the kitchen, badgering their...
Lori K Walters
- Jul 24
- 5 min
I wasn't seen and loved exactly how I needed to be. And neither were my kids.
When I was in my 20s, at a time when I was trying to connect more deeply with a boyfriend, I had a powerful dream. I saw myself on a...
Lori K Walters
- Jul 17
- 5 min
Reimagining Power Struggles with your Teenager
Differences of opinion are part to any relationship, including those with our teen and young adult children. And sometimes ongoing...
Lori K Walters
- Jul 11
- 6 min
How do I stand beside my kid when they’re being mean to me?
A volcano doesn’t choose where and when to erupt, nor upon whom. It is a force of nature, a built-up pressure that the earth can no...
Lori K Walters
- Jul 4
- 4 min
Who am I when my kids leave home?
Making a shift in one's parenting takes you into deeply personal territory – your innermost hopes and fears, what’s actually important to...
Lori K Walters
- Jun 27
- 5 min
Yes, you screwed your kids up.
You are going to mess your kids up - you probably already have. So, let's take the pressure off. You don't have to be a perfect, always...
Lori K Walters
- Jun 19
- 6 min
When you and your young adult child approach things really differently
Observe your big kid when you go to a potluck dinner or social event. What do they do? Do they walk in boldly and take over? Do they...
Lori K Walters
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Breaking the Cycle of Criticism in your Family
None of us intends to be critical of our kids. We love them deeply and see their beauty at every turn. At the same time, I know that...
Lori K Walters
- Jun 6
- 5 min
What parents of teens and young adults really want
When first asked what they really want, most parents will laugh and say things like an instruction manual, a kid who does what I ask them...
Lori K Walters
- May 30
- 5 min
How to get your big kid to actually HEAR you
"I just want them to hear me," says every parent of teens and young adults. It may sound sad and lonely, tired and pleading, or ready to...
Lori K Walters
- May 23
- 6 min
Feel like your Kids have Abandoned You?
Remember when you were 16 and you went to a party? You got ready with your friends and you all agreed that you would stick together no...
Lori K Walters
- May 16
- 5 min
Just when I thought I was becoming less reactive with my young adult child…
It can happen to any of us. We're working on changing how we automatically react to our teenager/ young adult and we feel like we're...
Lori K Walters
- May 9
- 5 min
Meeting the Loneliness of Parenting Young Adults
Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. ~ W.S. Merwin This article is...
Lori K Walters
- May 9
- 5 min
Just when I thought I was becoming less reactive with my young adult child…
It can happen to any of us. We're working on changing how we automatically react to our teenager/ young adult and we feel like we're...
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