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Unison Parenting Blog: Encouraging the Uniqueness in Your Child
Chip Waggoner serves as traffic reporter on the Fox 4 Good Day morning show in Dallas-Ft. Worth. He is articulate and fairly athletic. Meanwhile, his son Benjamin was born with unique physical challenges that impact the lower half of his body. Chip’s book, "MIP: Miracle in Progress" tells about his family's faith journey in raising Benjamin. A persistent theme in the book is, "What is normal?" Doctors advised the Waggoners that Benjamin's normal would be different than theirs
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Oct 2, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: The Way Forward on Youth Sports
When I had coached my last Little League game, after six years with this team, I expected parents to comment on what their child had...
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Sep 18, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: The Downside of Youth Sports
As much as I love youth sports, I've never been able to shake the memory of what led me to leave baseball behind as a middle schooler. I...
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Sep 11, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: The Upside of Youth Sports
Fall means a return to school and to many youth and child activities. Over the next three weeks, I want to discuss a topic close to my...
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Sep 4, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Pacing Your Parenting
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, endorses a new proposal from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. The advocated technique...
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Aug 21, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Imperfect Parenting is Inevitable
I feel sorry for my kids and their palates. When they were growing up, I didn't fix them the best meals. First, I didn't really know how...
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Aug 15, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Plan Consequences in Advance
A new parenting trend recommends the very opposite of what I recommend in Unison Parenting. In a misguided attempt to enforce natural...
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Aug 7, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Don't Overload Your Kids with Information
Parents can say so much that kids tune out. I get it because I've done it. You're so happy when your child asks a deep question. You feel...
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Jul 31, 20252 min read


Guest Blog: Barefoot is Best
Experts have long agreed that barefoot is best for babies as they learn to walk. The reason is that the soles of the feet contain...
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Jul 29, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: How Asking Questions Helps Your Child Make Better Decisions
When my children would ask me for permission to go on some outing or to some social engagement, I would ask questions. A lot of...
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Jul 17, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Are You Spoiling Your Child?
Does it feel like saying "no" to your child leads to a tantrum? And not just at home, but in public? This is one of the seven signs of a...
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Jul 10, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Protect Your Child from Addictive Screen Behavior
Addiction to screens is a real thing for parents to worry about. A new study published by a division of the Journal of the American...
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Jul 3, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Loveless Marriages Harm Children
In my last blog, I said there was something worse for children than divorce. How about loveless marriages? Parents in troubled marriages...
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Jun 20, 20251 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Divorce Impacts Children, For Better or For Worse
It's no surprise that divorce is hard on children. But how parents handle the divorce can significantly change children's lives. And one...
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Jun 12, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: People Are Watching You
Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it...
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Jun 5, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Inspect Not Expect
The single mom was desperate. Her three teenaged sons, an 18-year-old and 13-year-old twins, would not clean up after themselves. The...
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May 29, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Showing Loving Faithfulness to Your Child
What bigger trust is there than to be responsible for a child? We must not only show our faithfulness toward God in this charge but also...
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May 15, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Tenderly Loving Your Child
Even as we manage our children, we need to openly and clearly love them as well, with tenderness.
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May 8, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: Lean Toward, Not Away
When we disagree with how our parenting partner is interacting with our child, we tend to lean the other way to balance. This only sets off a tug of war between parents. To solve the problem, lean toward each other, not away.
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May 1, 20252 min read


Unison Parenting Blog: How to Proactively Parent
The foundation of Unison Parenting is a process called Proactive Parenting.
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Apr 17, 20252 min read
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