Month: January 2011

Thumb-sucking and Holding Feelings Inside

We have raised my 6-year old daughter with Parenting by Connection ideas. One of my daughter’s friends sucks his thumb often. Suddenly, she began experimenting with sucking her thumb—she had never used her thumb as an infant. So for a few days, she went around at home with her thumb in her mouth a lot.

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The Science Behind Playlistening

The Science behind Playlistening American Academy of Pediatrics and the Power of Play UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Loss of play is a public health issue Early childhood play is a decisive factor in later life From the Hand in Hand Toolbox Play That Lets Children Lead: Playlistening 25 Ways to Be

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Sleep Issues: Helping My 5-year-old Sleep on Her Own

My habit had been to lay down with my five-year-old daughter at bedtime until she was asleep, which often took half an hour or more.  She would fall asleep fairly easily when others put her to bed, reading books with the light on until she fell asleep. I was ready to make a shift in

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