With Hand in Hand Instructor Catherine Fischer Dear Hand in Hand Parenting, I recently found out about your approach, and I really want to try some of these ideas. I have started Special Time, and it seems to be going … Continue reading
Category Archives: Parenting
Handling Parenting Stress: Why You Can’t Give What You Didn’t Have
No matter how well we try and prepare for parenting, this role does lots to point out what feel like failings. We might not be able to comfort our kids as we imagined we would, we might find ourselves yelling, … Continue reading
Parenting Workshops in Mumbai Offers Support and New Strategies
In Mumbai, India, there are rarely any places where parents can go to offload tensions and get answers for their parenting worries. There are few parenting workshops or support groups. So, when Dipali Ved began learning Hand in Hand Parenting’s empathetic … Continue reading
How To Handle a Child’s Whining Calmly When You Need to Leave
A guest post by Georgiana Bucatariu There are days when it is very hard for Sophia to say goodbye when I leave home. Since I have realized this, I will often spend the morning spending lots of time with her to build connection. … Continue reading
Rethinking Tickling: Why You Might Want To Rethink Tickling Kids
Tickling seems like a good, reliable route to laughter and fun, so why might we suggest rethinking it? Today on the podcast the Elle and Abigail talk about Hand in Hand’s approach to tickling and how they tackled it in … Continue reading
Learning To Cope With My Baby’s Crying
Several years before becoming a Mum I went to stay with a dear friend who had recently given birth. When her baby was crying at times when she wasn’t hungry or cold or wet, she simply held her in her … Continue reading
Raising Boys and Girls Differently According to Brain Science
Today Elle and Abigail talk to New York Times bestselling author, neuro-biologist and family counselor Michael Gurian about boys, girls and their differences, and how to raise boys and girls according to brain science so each thrives. All over the … Continue reading
One (Fun) Way to Survive Grocery Shopping With Kids
A Guest Post by Alya El Wakil Going grocery shopping with my kids always ends up being a nightmare. Historically, I’ll have two kids running up and down the isles playing tag and screaming while the third one is walking next to … Continue reading
Connect with Your Baby: How to Make Everyday Moments Times for Connection
A Guest Post by Emily Murray Because there are so many caregiving tasks as a new parent, you may find that they become a little transactional. You do the task to get it done because you have 8 million other … Continue reading
Why Telling Your Birth Story Can Help In Your Parenting
This week Elle and Abigail are telling their birth stories… Now, why would they want to do that? Birth can engulf us with emotions that linger way beyond the time our children are babies, but we rarely have an opportunity … Continue reading
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