Thoughts for the Journey 

Melanie Zwyghuizen | Gen 1 Parenting I hear it all the time. "That sounds nice, Melanie, but my kid needs consequences. Without them, they'd walk all over me." I get it. I really do. Most of us were raised with consequences. Time-outs. Grounding. Having privileges taken away. The message was clear: if you want kids to behave, you need to make them uncomfortable enough that they'll think twice next time. And honestly? Sometimes it worked. At least on the surface or in that mom

Melanie Zwyghuizen | Gen 1 Parenting The other day, one of my grandkids grabbed a toy from his little cousin and he burst into tears. My...

Melanie Zwyghuizen | Gen 1 Parenting Discipline gets a bad rap. For a lot of us, the word brings up memories of punishment, yelling, or...