Julian Redwood is the founder of Full Frontal Fatherhood and a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Engaged fathers make the home a wonderful place. www.FullFrontalFatherhood.com gives them the DIY tools to be that dad. And gives moms the skills to empower, collaborate and thrive with their men.
Combating gender stereotypes Sexism is all around us. Society’s ideas about how women and men should and shouldn’t be greatly affects our girls, as well as our boys. As such, it is really helpful for us to know how to protect our children from harmful stereotypes that may, one day, put...
I get so many messages about what I should and shouldn’t be doing as a parent. Because there are so many ideas, I can lose track of what is really important and end up not doing any of them consciously. This week’s video lays out what I see...
I don’t know about you, but I find parenting in this age of screens is a bit crazy-making. One moment, I am relieved that my daughter is watching a video so I can take some time for myself. The next minute I’m being driven nuts by the pleas for more...
PMS can really strain our relationships. If we do not know how to navigate these days, we can make it much worse. If on the other hand, we have a few simple tools, we can make PMS a lot better for everyone and even use this time to support our...
I know this sounds like a bad sales pitch, but I have nothing to sell and this really is true. Over 95 percent of parents are doing something that has long standing negative implications for their entire family. When you are a new parent, it’s hard to have to think through every...
When my daughter rounded the corner into this challenging stage of life, I was really caught off guard. It was like a kick to the gut. I got scared that all the good times of parenthood had ended. Fortunately, I found some great advice and worked through some of my issues...
It can really drive me nuts when my daughter is ‘misbehaving’ and not being a helpful member of the family. And then there are those marvelous times when she is flowing with us and we are all working as a team. It is such a great feeling. This week I...
It sucks that our parenting has such an impact on our children. Especially since we probably didn’t receive such great parenting ourselves. As a result, there a number of really common mistakes that most parents make (myself included) that have long term effects upon our children’s ability to lead a joyful life. This...
Sex easily falls to the wayside during pregnancy. Research shows that good sex has a significant impact upon not just the relationship, but also a woman’s ability to have an easeful and even joyful birth. Unfortunately, sex during pregnancy can be quite complicated for a variety of physical and emotional reasons....
Relationships fail because couples lacks the skills to talk about the hard things in life. Fortunately, this one simple practice is something any couple can do and makes a huge difference. Being able to talk to our partners about the really difficult subjects and resolve hard conflicts is the difference...