A Guest Post from Emilie Leeks All children have times where their behaviours challenge us as parents. Things like hitting, biting, kicking, and snide remarks to siblings are all off-track behaviours that signal are our children are having an ’emotional emergency’. In those times … Continue reading
Parenting by Connection Blog
9 Steps to Beat Boredom With Connection [INFOGRAPHIC]
What happens to you when your child announces “I’m bored?” Despite research telling us that boredom is actually good for children – it can help foster creativity and independence – most of us try to rush into a solution when we … Continue reading
Play With a Child That Hates Nappy Changes
A Guest Post from Emilie Leeks Our third child (who has just turned 2) does not like having his nappy changed! He might run away when we suggest it, often with a cheeky grin back at us, or he might … Continue reading
Children Need Us To Listen Respectfully To Their Big Outbursts
A Guest Post from Emilie Leeks If I’ve had a hard day and need a rant, I expect my other half to hear me out, to respect that I know myself well and that I will find a way through … Continue reading
6 Ways to Do Special Time When You Have More Than One Child
On Special Time Go figure! Kids love attention. And they love parent’s attention better than most. That’s probably because giving them regular undivided attention can be really beneficial for them. Feeling Connected Means Feeling Better When a parent pours in their … Continue reading
20 Years of Hand in Hand And My Kids Are Thriving
“I was lucky to get involved with Hand in Hand (then Parents Leadership Institute) when my children were aged 6, 3, and just-born, over twenty years ago. I was in quite a lot of stress, as we were trying to … Continue reading
Unexplained Crying May Come from an Emotional Need
With Laura Minnigerode You thought you’d covered everything. It’s late in the day, your baby is fed, healthy, and her diaper is changed, you’ve jiggled and jostled her until you are exhausted, and she is still crying. Or… You managed to … Continue reading
Why Crying Helps Calm Fearful Children
A guest post by Laura Minnigerode Children’s brains are wired to connect with caregivers. And if they cry it means they feel especially safe and secure. Since a child’s limbic system works brilliantly to protect them, they will often find … Continue reading
How A Difficult Birth Can Make Parenting Difficult Later
A Guest Post from Emilie Leeks We all have challenging moments in our parenting, and how we react to these can almost always be traced back to some stored hurt feelings from earlier in our lives. We had a very … Continue reading
Listening to Little Kids Helps Them Sleep
By Laura Minnigerode Carmela is 21 months old, and a student in my classroom in a community college lab school. Because she loves to play and is not as sleepy as many of the other children she usually struggles at … Continue reading
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