Are you struggling to keep up with your high-energy toddler's adventurous spirit? You're not alone. Many parents find themselves in a whirlwind of emotions when trying to manage their little ones in public spaces. Here are some practical tips to navigate these challenging situations with ease.
Helping Your Child Sleep Peacefully: A Guide for Parents of Kids Under 6
Parenting comes with its own set of challenges, and one of the most common concerns for parents with young children is sleep. When your child is having a hard time sleeping, it can be a stressful experience for both you and your little one. In this blog, we will discuss strategies to help your child sleep better while emphasizing the importance of staying calm and loving throughout the process.
Redefining Homework: Nurturing Skills Beyond Academics
Do you find yourself worrying excessively about your child's homework and academic progress? Multiple studies suggest that homework doesn't significantly enhance academic knowledge. It's time to shift perspective. Homework can serve as an exercise to help children develop essential social emotional skills like perseverance, navigating challenging tasks, and handling emotions.
How do Children Feel Love
In a lot of my parenting consultations I find myself telling the parents that the best way to manage their concerns is to increase love and decrease consequences. This past month a parent ask me to be more specific about what love looks like for children. What did they have to do to choose love over consequences. I thought that maybe all of you would like the answer to this question so here are my answers:
Should You Label Your Child With a Diagnosis? (VIDEO)
Mistakes and how to explain them to a school age child (VIDEO)
How do I help my child be okay with making mistakes while learning? Watch to see how she would explain this to a school age child.
How to Make Decisions on Extra-curricular Activities?
One of the most popular questions in our online parenting support subscription and in parent consultations is how to manage after school activities. Here are my suggestions in how to think about them and how to make choices around them:
4 Tips on Making Back to School Successful
It's August, and time to get ready for school again. For some of you it's the first time you are taking your little one to school. You are taking your child to kindergarten, middle school, and/or high school. School has multiple transitions, so here are quick tips to get you to that first day of school:
Parenting and the Effects of Spending a Year in a Pandemic
Its been a long year for all of us. The globe has been dealing with the ups and downs of a pandemic. Our brain has been on high alert for a year plus whether we admit it to ourselves or not. A brain on high alert causes all of us to feel overwhelmed and tired. A hyperaware brain will either react in a rigid way or a chaotic way.
How to Help them Stop Negative Self-talk (Video)
Is your child negative? Always putting themselves down or giving up? Watch this 1+ minute video and learn how to help them out of negative self talk.