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A family coach can
help you reduce stress at home. Here are some
tried and true ideas that have worked for parents who
have had family coaching with me. These tips are
especially designed for school-age children and moms and
dads who are overwhelmed and stressed out at home.
Family Coaching Tip #1
Instead of preparing breakfast every morning…prepare it
the night before. Pour cereal in bowl, cover.
Pour milk in small covered cups and refrigerate.
Set the table with napkins and spoons, juice boxes,
etc.…
Family Coaching Tip #2
Instead of fighting with your kids to shower and dress
on time in the morning, shower or bathe before bed and
dress for the next day. Yes, if they're young
enough, let them sleep in their clothes. By the
time they are old enough to care about their appearance
they will be getting ready on their own, too!
Family Coaching Tip #3
Instead of making school lunches every day…make
sandwiches for the week on Sunday. PB&J, tuna,
bologna and turkey all freeze well. Have the kids
make labels, put the sandwiches in plastic sandwich bags
and freeze. Each morning, let your kids choose
what to pack. Have a bowl of fruit, and other
snack items available and ready too. Kids enjoy
assembling their own lunches and the best part is you
don’t have to do it.
Family Coaching Tip #4
Instead of rushing around in the morning packing
backpacks…empty backpacks immediately after school and
sort through papers, homework, etc.… repack backpacks
immediately after homework is finished and put backpacks
by the front door.
Family Coaching Tip #5
Instead of allowing kids to watch TV or play video games
after dinner and bath…have a reading circle…read to your
kids, have them read to you or all of you read your own
books in the same room.
Family Coaching Tip #6
Instead of letting clutter build up…use brightly colored
bins, one for each child. Set a time for the kids
to get their bin and pick up all the things that they
have not put away
(from everywhere in the house.) Send the kids to
their rooms to put their belongings where they belong.
Contact Susan for a
free coaching
session.
Susan P, Epstein, LCSW,
parent and family coach, works with parents and families
looking for satisfaction, balance and growth.
Susan is an expert in the areas of family dynamics,
parenting and child development and her unique blend of
therapy and coaching combine to make her a powerful
catalyst for change.
She practiced psychotherapy for 23 years before becoming
a coach, writer and speaker. Susan graduated from
University of California at Berkeley School of Social
Welfare. She is a licensed clinical social worker
in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Susan also
completed training with the Coaches Training Institute,
an internationally accredited coach training
organization. Learn
more about Susan.
Articles and Specialties of Susan Epstein, Family Coach:
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Family Coach: Six
Tips to Less Stress at Home
Grief Coach: Advice
on Helping Children Grieve the Loss of a Family Member:
Step I
The Making of a Teen
Life Coach
Teen Life Coach
Riffs on the College Homesick Blues
Teen Life Coaching Workshop
Teen Life Coaching:
Drugs and Alcohol
Parent Coaching
Testimonial
Teen Life
Coaching FAQs
Family Coach: Six Tips
for Enjoying Your Kids While Working From Home
Adolescent
Coaching: Through the Generation Gap
Parent Coach
Parent Coaching
Parenting
Coaching in the Fast Lane (workshop)
Parent Coaching
Workshops
Parenting Coach:
Attention Parents! No More Yelling!
Parenting Coach:
Attention Parents! No More Yelling! (part 2)
Family Coach
Couples Coaching:
Rediscover the Joy
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