Should I encourage my family to make New Year’s resolutions?

816. Should you help your family set New Year’s resolutions, or does that pressure do more harm than good? In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor explores how to approach the new year through the idea of right relationship, offering parents grounded ways to reflect, reset, and grow together without shame, coercion, or perfectionism. Links: Sources: Related Project Parenthood episodes: How to reduce parental stress with mindfulness Calm your nervous system to calm your child How to assert your own needs with your child Dr. Coor’s related blogs: Low-Pressure Parenting: A Universal Approach to Family Mental Wellness Break Free: Parent Intensives Revitalize Therapy Find a transcript here. Have a parenting question? Email Dr. Coor at parenthood@quickanddirtytips.com or leave a voicemail at 646-926-3243. Find Project Parenthood on Facebook and Twitter , or

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Should I encourage my family to make New Year’s resolutions? is an episode from The Mighty Mommy's Quick and Dirty Tips for Practical Parenting by Macmillan Holdings, LLC.

This episode is 11:47 long.

This episode was published on Dec 29, 2025.

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