Andy Smithson

Do you ever wish that your husband would step up and do a little more with the kids? As a father myself, it drives me crazy to read and hear mother’s comments about how they feel like they are raising their kids alone when their husband is right in the other room. This article gives Moms 10 things they can do to help their husbands help them and be more engaged with the kids and family.

There is a lot of discussion and debate about spanking. It can be a rather controversial topic. In this article I share why spanking doesn't make sense as discipline (teaching) and several alternatives to spanking that do make sense.

Do you ever feel down? Do you ever struggle with parenthood? If so, join the club. All parents feel this way at times. We often hope and wish these feelings would change and we would have the confidence and happiness we want. This article provides a principle and skill that can help us get there. Confidence and happiness often require that we "act as if" we are confident and happy and then come these feeling rather than the other way around.

Sometimes life can be stressful. It can be easy to let our frustrations effect our choices, relationships and interactions with our children and others. This article will give you 6 doable steps to help you manage your frustrations effectively so that you don't end up taking them out on the kids.

Boredom is nothing new. It’s been around for a long time but we seem to have a much lower tolerance for it and a lower ability to overcome it these days. Even kids that aren’t tech junkies bombard us with complaints of boredom at times. What do we do? How do we help them cope or cure that boredom? This article will give you 10 ways to help your kids cure boredom without technology.

Multiple parents have expressed that they feel money management is an imperative piece of education that needs to be taught while children are still under our care. How do we teach them this important skill? This article explains three important principles our kids need to know in order to manage their money wisely and some practical ways to teach them.

If you are struggling to stop yelling at your kids, your spouse or anyone else, or if you have another bad habit you really want to kick, this article is for you. I'll give you a 21 day (3 week) step by step process to deprogram these old habits and grow new, health habits and cycles!

Sometimes kids lie. Parents struggle with their kids lying and wonder what to do. In this article, you'll find specific ways to deal with all kinds of lies and promote healthy cycles of honesty and trust.

In this article you'll learn how to prevent meltdowns in your children and decrease tantrums by recognizing triggers and signs. We share 3 specific triggers and signs to watch for and ways to intervene to prevent negative behavior before it happens. Audio / Podcast

Does it ever feel like everything is falling apart? It can be so difficult to see the positive in our kids but we can improve our ability to look for and see the positive in our kids and our lives. Audio Podcast

Happy Father's Day! TRU Father's are becoming more rare. This article shares the thoughts of several great parenting bloggers on what a TRU Father really is and what some of the most important things are that their fathers taught them. We celebrate and express our gratitude to all the great Dads out there! (Audio recording)

Connection and breeds respect and understanding, but… sometimes it doesn’t feel like that. This article will give you perspective and practical responses to continue connecting even when you feel it's not working.

We are all busy parents and wish all the time that we had a few more hours in the day. Would you like more energy, more insight, more productivity and to just feel better physically and emotionally? Learn one simple routine that has the power to improve each of these things.

What do you think is the answer to the question, "When is it okay for kids to fight?" How do we teach our kids to be assertive and stand up for themselves without encouraging them to jump to aggressive or violent solutions too quickly? How do we help them be assertive, and safe without being a bully themselves?

This audio will teach 5 ways parents can safeguard their kids against tech and media garbage, including pornography, violence and other media trash.

Learn and be inspired to put the 4 essential elements of conquering any goal or obstacle to work in your personal life and your family life.

Simple greetings and first impressions can have a powerful effect on perceptions and how people react to us. This article shares 3 simple ways to improve our greetings to positively influence our interactions and relationships with our kids.

A list of 17 fun spring and summer activities to do with your children that will build and strengthen you relationship with your child without costing you a lot of money. www.truparenting.net

Even superheros need help. This article shares three steps and actions mom or dad can take to enlist the help you need and build your superparent team.

Learn 3 essential elements of effective communication with our children or anyone for that matter.