Children function best when they feel connected to someone who cares about them. You can build connection with your child through play, laughter, roughhousing, cuddling, and warm, enthusiastic attention. Stresses of all kinds, loneliness, isolation, and criticism erase a child’s sense of connection, and make it harder for a child to love and learn. Play
All of us experienced nightmares at some point in our childhood. Usually, nightmares are an occasional thing. And they need a parent to be close to them, to hold them, and to keep them safe while they get rid of those awful fears.
Ever feel like life would be so much easier if you could just get your child to listen? Are you frustrated by seeing the same difficult behavior over and over again? Listen to this free parenting call with Certified Hand in Hand Instructor Kathy Gordon as she shares thoughtful insight and practical tools to help
Un article traduit de l’anglais par Chloé Saint Guilhem, formatrice certifiée Hand in Hand Les grands-parents sont importants ! Les grands-parents sont très importants pour les familles. Notre valeur pour nos enfants et nos petits-enfants est énorme. Vos petits-enfants adorent passer du temps avec vous et vos enfants vous sont souvent reconnaissants de l’attention supplémentaire,
Un article traduit de l’anglais par Chloé Saint Guilhem, formatrice certifiée Hand in Hand Q. “Mon fils de 6 ans semble souffrir d’anxiété de performance et de perfectionnisme, non seulement à l’école mais aussi dans sa vie en général. J’aimerais avoir quelques idées ou de l’aide à ce sujet. Plus précisément, je remarque que mon
On busy school day mornings, we try to send our children off with love. We sandwich “I love you. Have a good day!” between “Where’s my homework?” and “Can you pick me up after soccer practice?” We’ve got a suggestion that can help you build the feel of your love into a child’s morning routine,
In this post, you’ll find out what causes boredom and ideas on how to deal with your child’s boredom. “I’m bored!” What’s a parent to do when a child flops down on the floor and complains, “I’m bored! There’s nothing to do,” and waits, blank and listless, for some zap of inspiration to save them from
In many families, if not most, one child becomes a squeaky wheel. The child insists on being the focus of attention and ensures their position with behavior designed to bring a parent’s attention again and again. The child will employ that behavior, and that tone, whether it’s Monday or Saturday, January or June. The child
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 the working year and the summer holidays. It is often an intense time, even if you don’t
Listen in now on Madeleine Winter and Trainee Instructor Rebecca Nowlen to learn about our practical approach that will help your children gain confidence and resilience, so they will be happy to leave you & be able to fully enjoy themselves while you are away, knowing you will return. For more on handling separation anxiety,
Join Certified Instructors Sandra Flear, RP, DipTIRP, CPI, and Robin Setchko, LMFT, for this replay of a previous free parenting call for parents and professionals. During this call they discussed what interpersonal neurobiology is teaching us about how early memories are formed, and how parenting can re-stimulate difficult early experiences in parents. They also discussed
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 you were given as a young person? Or were you determined to raise your children
Ai aflat despre Timpul Special în timpul Cursului Starter, la o conferință sau de pe site-ul nostru. Ai auzit de la o prietenă despre rezultatele fantastice pe care ea le-a avut cu copilul ei și despre puterea Timpului Special. Ești acasă acum cu micuțul tău și ești nerăbdătoare să pui în practică și să te
We all struggle to deal thoughtfully with natural disasters and senseless violence. A cascade of feelings is triggered in each of us when we are exposed to images of death and strife. It’s shocking to witness the human and material expense of the age-old tool of violence being exacted from us, our loved ones, and
Join Certified Hand in Hand Parenting instructors Karen Wolfe, LMFT and Shelley Macy, MA as they share how you can play your way to understand the science around your children’s emotions. In this call replay, Karen and Shelley will introduce you to the Hand in Hand Parenting tool of Staylistening. You will walk away with
Join Certified Hand in Hand Instructor Kathy Gordon for this webinar recording that will tell you not only why kids push your buttons but what to do before you do or say something you’re likely to regret. Prefer to watch the webinar? Click here for the video. More From the Hand in Hand Toolbox Take
by Michelle Hartop 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 often we’re at a loss for what to do. Sometimes the only thing we can
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. And we mean “school” whether it’s on campus or at home. While we carefully pack their school bag or plan their timetables with
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 a return to something known and understood. But for those of us beginning school for
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.
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 miniature plastic figures, and she seemed offended by her big sister’s inattention. She said to