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Helping Children Feel Grateful Without Shaming Their Feelings

Helping Children Feel Grateful Without Shaming Their Feelings

Parents often ask how to help children be more grateful without lecturing or shaming. In this post I bring together guidance from my work with families to show how emotional safety, naming jealousy and simple daily practices help gratitude grow over time.

Two Key Points in Handling Sibling Rivalry

Two Key Points in Handling Sibling Rivalry

As a parenting and child development expert, I generally know how to handle these moments of rivalry, but as a parent I understand how excruciating and off putting they can feel.  Here are some things to keep in mind the next time your siblings fight.

 The most important point:  if no one is bleeding,