How to Repair a Relationship with a Child When You Blow It
Sometimes all the good intentions in the world are not enough to stop a parent from losing their temper with a child. One can wake…
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Playing Matchmaker: Cultivating Relationships with Teachers and Adults Who Care for Our Kids
When we give birth to a child, we also need to cultivate the village of adults that will help us raise them. This community may…
The One Thing Every Kid Needs in their School Backpack
A friend told me her son couldn’t understand why a young child he knew had such a hard time being away from his mother while…
Softening the Hardened Heart
Hearts can grow cold and become hardened, something poets, artists, and musicians have always claimed. From children to adults, emotional numbing is part of the…
The Trouble with Time-outs
The Trouble with Time-Outs Time outs have become a popular disciplinary practice, aimed at replacing spanking and broadly supported by health and parenting professionals. Like…
Info graphic: When Saying Goodbye is Hard – 20 Ways to Bridge the Daytime Separation
Separation is provocative for kids because of their profound need for attachment. When we can’t be with our child to care for them, we need…
Info graphic: When Saying Goodnight is Hard – 20 Ways to Bridge the Nighttime Distance
Saying goodnight is hard for many kids because it usually represents the biggest separation from their adults. One of the strategies for helping with bedtime…
Hardened or Hardy? Holding Onto Kid’s Hearts
Psychologist Gordon Neufeld states there is a difference between a hardened heart, which does not feel vulnerable emotion, and one that is hardy and feels…
Bedtime Battles: When Saying Goodnight is Hard
At the age of 4 my daughter looked at me and said, “Mama, we have a problem – I don’t like to sleep.” Shocked, I…
Starting School: Four Strategies for Helping with Separation Anxiety and Settling In
First day at school pictures seem to fill family photo albums. These images capture the significance of the ‘going-back-to-school’ ritual, a celebration of a key…
