With recent events, everyone at Hand in Hand Parenting wanted to support you and your family in any way we can with the childhood trauma resources for parents and caregivers listed below. Hand in Hand Parenting offers a set of … Continue reading
Parenting in a challenging world
Helping Children Face an Uncertain World – Replay
Join us in this past call replay as instructors discuss practical ways you can reassure children, bolster their confidence, and make yourself available to hear the emotions that weigh them down when the adult world becomes unsettled. Parents, grandparents, and … Continue reading
Parenting Across Social, Racial, and Economic Gaps
Here’s a little question: …What’s going well for you? It’s a simple enough question and one that can bring a moment’s lightness when your day feels heavy. It’s also a question we ask a lot at Hand in Hand, and … Continue reading
Helping the Homeless Parent with Connection
By Emmy Rainwalker On the cartoon stuck to my refrigerator, someone hides under the bedcovers and a speech bubble says, “I don’t want to go to school. The teachers hate me and the kids make fun of me.” A mother … Continue reading
Finding Support in an Information Overloaded World – Replay
Being a parent is the most important job you will ever do. It’s a job that constantly calls on you to think, respond, juggle different needs, come up with new ideas, negotiate, listen, and heal past hurts. And much more! It’s also a job that doesn’t come with any training, little support, and no clear way to sift through the barrage of advice and information we get when we have a family. Here’s help.
育儿中的夫妻合作
在有孩子需要抚育的夫妻双方之间产生的紧张情绪来自很多原因。说来也怪，没有人告诉我们该做什么准备或帮助我们来处理这些情绪。虽然它们是可预测的，也许甚至是不可避免的，我们事先却几乎没有得到过警告，在应对它们时能得到的帮助更是微乎其微。
How to Find a Listening Partner
What’s the most effective way to offer another parent your support and get some stress-relief for yourself at the same time, all without spending a dime? It’s a Listening Partnership and you can have one (or more!) for yourself starting right now.
Being a Supportive Grandparent
Grandparents are Important! Grandparents are very important to families. Our value to our children and grandchildren is enormous. Your grandchildren love to spend time with you and your children are often grateful for the added attention, gifts, and resources you … Continue reading
Parenting Amid Threats of War
(written in February 2002) We are in the midst of a challenging time, with the possibility of a new war looming. It’s a time to be listening and learning. This article will focus on the challenges of parenting during this … Continue reading
How to Be Sick and a Mom
My daughter hates it when I’m sick. I try to maintain her routine as much as possible when I have a cold or a mild bug but this flu season really knocked me over. When I had a rough night … Continue reading
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