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
By Rachel Schofield Like it or not, part of everyday life as a parent is Setting Limits with our child. We naturally want to keep our kids safe, help them build respectful relationships and learn to take care of themselves. And that means we need them to do things like stop snatching toys from a
Having a baby is like moving to a new country. We have lots of questions as we get to know this new person in our lives and many feelings can surface for us in the days and months that follow our new arrival. Sometimes we feel an enormous love when a new baby is born,
Georgiana Bucătariu, Brîndușa Milășan, Gina Năstasă și Irina Nichifiriuc Instructori Hand in Hand Parenting în România discută despre efectele negative ale bătăii asupra copiilor și alternativele pe care părinții le au pentru a pune limite. Acest teleseminar gratuit dorește să clarifice câteva aspecte importante ale unui subiect atât de controversat. More from the Hand in
Does parenting cause caregiver stress syndrome? How can parental burnout be prevented? Listen to this call replay for a discussion of these questions and learn tools to help professionals caring for families care for themselves, too. We want to help professionals build parental muscle for self-care while child rearing, and to learn how to pass
By Roma Norriss I remember being frightened at night as a child, calling out to my parents or being too afraid to call out. I would lie frozen in my bed watching shadows in the darkness. And I remember the few times I slept blissfully cocooned between them both. When I had my own kids,
Copilașul tău se oprește brusc în mijlocul unui moment de joacă și te lovește? Ori pocnește alți copii, chiar pe proprii frați? Dacă-i așa, dă-mi voie să te asigur că nu ești un părinte ratat. Atunci când micuțul tău lovește nu este cuprins de o vrajă misterioasă. Copilul tău nu este rău. Totuși, atunci când
Ce părinte nu și-a dorit să se poată clona într-o armată de experți în supraveghere, giugiuleală, îngrijirea copiilor, purtarea lor, ținut în brațe, schimbarea scutecelor și menaj? De câte ori nu spunem: “Sunt numai eu”? Vrem să ne iubim copiii, să îi îngrijim, să ne conectăm cu ei, și în același timp să le susținem
How can Hand in Hand Parenting enhance your clinical, therapeutic, or medical practice and your effectiveness as a licensed professional working with parents and/or children? In this teleseminar replay, Maya Coleman, Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist, Robin Setchko, LMFT, and Pam Oatis, MD, pediatrician, discussed how they use the Hand in Hand Tools in their work with
What I remember is that she felt defeated in the face of her child’s aggression. All she’d done was say “no” to the playdate, and he’d hit her. In the park. In front of everyone. Just like that. With no warning. How had she put it? “Out of the blue,” I think were her exact
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 trauma-informed parenting practices that have been used effectively by parents and caregivers for the last
Indiferent de cât de multe cărți citești sau cu câți oameni vorbești, din momentul în care îți ții bebelușul în brațe ți se schimbă viața. În funcție de experiența nașterii pe care ai avut-o, s-ar putea să te simți extaziată sau epuizată, că ești pe val sau îngropată în valea cea mai adâncă. Sunt multe
Despite the growing recognition of the central role of toxic stress in childhood emotional and behavioral challenges, and mental and physical health across the lifespan, we are just beginning to develop trauma-informed responses.