My middle daughter Dody recently got her sister Toty a present. It was really thoughtful of her, but she didn’t know that Toty had bought exactly the same notebook in exactly the same color two days earlier. Toty got really mad. She thought Dodo hadn’t thought much about her. Then Dodo got mad at
I am almost never late. I have this fear of things going horribly wrong if I am late. Even for the school run, where they’re quite relaxed about lateness, I’m always 20 minutes early. As for classes and social events, I am always desperately worried that I’m going to miss something, and what if that
Hand in Hand Parenting instructors Michelle Carlson and Kirsten Nottleson show you how to handle aggression with play in this Facebook Live demonstration.
In this post on sleep issues, we talked about using play as a tool that helps children release the minor fears and tensions that hold them back from sleeping well. Sometimes those fears run deeper and play alone isn’t quite all that’s needed to let go of those fears. How Setting Limits That Gently Insist
When a child resist’s sleep, he or she is not deliberately trying to manipulate or annoy. Bedtime often involves a period of separation between a parent and a child that can be confronting for them. Darkness can be scary for some, but when the day slows down, it’s also a time when uncertainties can resurface and
Urmează o perioadă încărcată din punct de vedere emoțional și am dori să venim în întâmpinarea voastră cu o nouă perspectivă asupra plânsului neconsolat și a crizelor de furie. De obicei, vacanțele reprezintă pentru noi toți o perioadă de deconectare de la serviciu și de apropiere de cei dragi. Dar, poate ați observat că așteptările
A child’s aggressive behavior is driven by fears. Shouting, getting angry yourself or giving harsh punishment only adds to them and keeps the aggressive cycl…
It’s easy to feel infuriated when your child becomes rigidly uncooperative or loses it over the tiniest, most illogical thing. But what if tantrums were actually a healthy and useful phenomenon? In this call replay with Hand in Hand Instructors Marilupe de la Calle and Roma Norriss, learn more about your children’s emotions and discover
A child’s meltdown is often the quickest way to heal the upset. Distracting with food, or promises of getting another toy, allows the upset feeling to be prolonged. The child will then find another pretext later to trigger the rest of her tantrum.