Finally! Solutions for the hectic home. 
Most American families with children report that they feel life is going too fast. They don't have time to connect with those they love. They worry about 'how much is too much activity?' Recent medical and psychological studies are indicating that our children are suffering from being too busy and feeling too pressured to perform academically, athletically and at home. Hurried children are more at-risk for all kinds of illnesses and unhealthy behavior.
Timothy Smith - The Parents Coach offers simple solutions in his newest book:
- Reasons why we rush
- Symptoms of hurried children
- Symptoms of a frenetic family
- Discovering a healthy pace for your family
- Discovering your child's unique pace
- Creative tips to connect with the time you have
You can order from Parentscoach.org for only $5.99 Or from Amazon Also available at: Walmart, Target & larger grocery stores Book Tim to present the Simple Solutions for Families in the Fast Lane at half-price for a limited time. More info at the Presentations page 
Parents need a coach. Our kids can bring out the worst in us.
Announcing our Newest Service for Parents: We are starting online Parent's Groups for monthly, interactive video coaching using Cisco's Webex (R) Web Conferencing. It's state of the art technology for state of the art parents! Don't try to parent alone! All you need is a computer with a web cam, with internet access and a desire to grow as a parent. It's easy. It's interactive. It's fun. It works. And you don't have to change out of your bathrobe - unless you want to! Best of all - it's affordable! A fraction of face-to-face coaching or counseling. 
"So you are saying we shouldn't have our fourteen year-old sit on the stairs for a time-out, like we saw on SuperNanny?" Email for current groups and fees: tim@parentscoach.org Every Parent's Nightmare
It’s so easy to let old school ways creep in. You know - the things your parents did, that you swore you’d NEVER do! Then you catch yourself copying your mother or father at their worst. Frightening, isn’t it?
Our fears get in the way of effective parenting. We see the rampant competition to be smart, cool, popular, pretty, muscular, fashionable and with the latest kid gear – toys, tech, or tunes. It makes us feel inadequate. So we sign them up for more classes and activities. We buy them more stuff. We worry about them night and day. And for some reason, all of this time, energy, activity and investment, doesn’t always impact our kids, or make us feel better.
It’s because we are parenting on react. Whatever the culture says, we do. Whatever the neighbors have their kids signed up for, we follow suit. We reason that we need to give our kids advantages, which means activities.
When it’s all said and done; more is said than done. And we’re are not sure our kids are more prepared for life, in spite of the frenetic activity and all of the stuff.
When it comes to raising kids that are prepared to take on the future, it’s easy to settle for the goal of ‘nice kids’. But let’s not confuse nice with good. They aren’t the same. Nice has more to do with being safe than strong moral character. Safe-oriented kids tend to be posers. They tend to be weak. They tend to be ill-prepared for the challenges of adult life.
In my bestselling book, The Danger of Raising Nice Kids – Preparing Our Children to Change Their World, I challenge parenting which focuses on externals – grades; athletics; appearance; performance; even manners and I challenge parents to parent from the inside out. Nice means a pleasant, friendly, well-mannered, groomed young person; but it also means strange, lazy, and foolish. It shares the same Latin root for “ignorant” which means “not knowing.” I don’t want my kid to be a nice, ignorant fool! Who cares if he excels at school or on the sports field; but they are unprepared for life? I want my kids to be prepared to change their world, do you? | 
