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
Parenting in a challenging world
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
Bad Feelings Don’t Make You a Bad Parent
I remember vividly the day I stopped a half-second short of slamming my two-year-old into the wall. He had just hurt the baby, and not for the first time. I was livid. I was almost out of control. And after I … Continue reading
The Time Crunch: Mending Our Lives
It’s probably safe to say that nearly every parent in the United States is time-poor. We need time to connect well with each child, time to tend relationships with our partners and our wider families, time to tend our households, … Continue reading
The Current Situation for Parents and the Work of Parenting
The situation for parents is growing more difficult in most countries of the world today, in spite of technological and material advances in the Western world. Capitalism and the ethic that supports it are encroaching on all the cultures of … Continue reading
follow us online