Have you ever asked yourself where the fun parent went? The parent you that says yes to play-dough tea-parties, the parent you that says yes to piggy-back races and then suggests races to the dinner table? If you have, you … Continue reading
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Do You Know the Best Way Out of Parent Anger?
What gets you super seething mama mad? Is it the constant asks and requests, the “Mom where’s my… that’s so overwhelming? Maybe it’s the piles of toys and dishes and chip packets you asked to be tidied but are still … Continue reading
How to Make Your Kids Love Chores (guest starring Abigail’s son)
Inside: Learn how to stop resentment and arguments around household help, and set chores for kids that they are willing and able to do well. If you catch yourself late at night, surrounded by toys, folding clothes and wondering why … Continue reading
Why the Best Response for Bored Kids is to Be Bored With Them
Inside: What things can you do when a child says they are bored? We’ve all been there. In the middle of a holiday or a weekend or a long, rainy day and your child says “I’m bored.” What??? Of course … Continue reading
Parenting Sick Kids: How To Navigate Medicine, Worry and Stress
What’s the one thing you want for your child when they are sick? To have them feel better. What’s the one thing that most often gets in the way of that? When you walk away with a specialist appointment or … Continue reading
How to Master Motherhood (and other parenting lies)
You probably got very excited when you discovered that Hand in Hand Parenting had five tools that could rescue you when parenting got sticky (or downright dirty). Very excited. It was the exact result you wanted Google to deliver. It … Continue reading
How To Get A Defiant Child Moving When You Have to Be Somewhere
How do you get a defiant moving when your child is defiant, and you have to be somewhere? You just dropped one child at his playdate. Now you have 15 minutes to scoot across to the pool for your younger … Continue reading
Yes! You Can Playlisten When your Child is Upset
Yes! You can play when your child is upset. Here’s how: Your child grabs the one extra cookie you said he wasn’t allowed… What do you do? Or your daughter whines the minute she sees you pull out peanut butter … Continue reading
How To Potty Train Your Child in 10 Easy Years
Since we have all personally gone through potty training and we will all have to go through it with our kids, you’d think we’d have nailed down one, surefire potty training method. But the 11,000 google results you get when … Continue reading
How to Parent When You Just Don’t Know What To Do
Does it ever seem like your preschooler’s behavior is out of control and it just has you stumped? It feels like you tried everything, and have no clue what to do next? Me too. There’s a story I often tell … Continue reading
3 smart, sensitive ways to respond to your child’s anxieties
The three ideas in this podcast will help you respond well to your child’s anxiety “Mom, I can’t go to camp today. I have a stomachache.” This is the third time this week your child has complained of a sore … Continue reading
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