I can’t believe that the shops started putting up Christmas decorations and playing Christmas carols at least a month ago. I always feel that it has come around too soon. In Australia, Christmas coincides with the end of … Continue reading
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Quel est le Problème avec la Fessée
Dans de nombreuses cultures occidentales, la permission de fesser les enfants remonte à très loin dans l’histoire. Beaucoup de nos parents nous ont donné des fessées. Et la plupart d’entre nous se rappellent que nos parents ont fait de leur … Continue reading
From Avoidance to Confidence: Helping Our Children Triumph Over Fear
by Michelle Pate Thunder. Bees. Slides. Broccoli. Escalators. Tests. There is no shortage of things that can send our child into minor avoidance or full-on terror. As a parent, we want to help our child triumph over fear, but most … Continue reading
Why Is It So Hard to Be a Patient Parent?
What did you hope for when you first learned you were going to become a parent? Did you think you would be a patient parent? Were you hoping to be close to your kids, perhaps give them as much as … Continue reading
Starting School Part 1 – How to Pack the Backpack
Starting school, whether it’s for the first time, entering a new school, or even returning to a familiar school after a break, can be a challenge for both our children and ourselves. While we carefully pack their school bag with … Continue reading
Starting School – for Grown Ups
If summer is drawing to a close, you may be starting to think about the start of school. Or you might be preparing for your child to start school in the New Year. For some, the new school year is … Continue reading
Starting School Part 2 – How to Unpack the Backpack
Starting school for the first time, or after the long summer holidays, can pull up old feelings of separation. Be kind to yourselves and your children: leave time for some extra upsets over the first few weeks, as the scab is lifted again, and as feelings about school and about leaving you surface again. Take every opportunity you can to listen to your child – when they seem to be having big upsets about small things, or they seem to be much more clingy than usual. Continue reading
Why Does One Sibling Target Another: Understanding Sibling Rivalry and How to Promote Harmony at Home
Things were prickly from the get-go that morning. My older daughter, then nine years old, sat on the couch, acting groggy and still waking up. Two feet away, her three-year-old sister was on the floor playing with a pile of … Continue reading
How to Set Effective Limits and Help Children Cooperate
By Rachel Scholfield Like it or not, part of everyday life as a parent is Setting Limits with our child. We naturally want to keep our kids safe, help them build respectful relationships and learn to take care of themselves. … Continue reading
How to Become a Hand in Hand Instructor (Call Replay)
Join Certified Instructor Ravid Aisenman Abramsohn for this one-hour informational call replay on how to become a Hand in Hand Instructor. Learn from Ravid the process and requirements for entering the Certification Program and learn Hand in Hand’s hopes for … Continue reading
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