The (Terrifying) Transition to Toddlerhood
Tuesday, October 31 2017
Abigail gets an Instagram message from a confused dad whose sweet little baby is just becoming a toddler. He asks, “What discipline tools actually work with toddlers?”
Category: Healthy Discipline and Setting Limits with Children
Hold The Limit, Honor the Struggle: Homework Battles and How to Help
Tuesday, August 29 2017
It’s the beginning of fall and as surely as leaves will drop, so will the homework. Pages and pages of it. Sometimes whole binders worth. Homework can be the source of many arguments, and I wanted
How Can I Handle My Child’s Picky Eating Without Disrupting the Whole Family?
Thursday, August 24 2017
Setting Limits and Staylistening Those of you with picky eaters are familiar with requests—or demands—for “something else” to eat. Rigidity around food is like rigidity around anything else: it signals a need for help. We
“I See You’re Having A Hard Time”: Why Connection Doesn’t Reward “Bad Behavior”
Sunday, August 6 2017
We’ve all had those mornings. The one that begins like nothing will ever be right again: “I do not want to get dressed. I want breakfast.” “I don’t want cereal. I want oatmeal.” “I wanted
5 Tips To Help You Manage Anger with Connection and Conscious Communication
Sunday, July 30 2017
A Guest Post with Lori Petro of Teach Through Love Why does my child get so angry? Why won’t they listen? How do I control my anger? How do I get my kids to control their
Are You Missing This Vital Ingredient to Stop Dinner Time Battles?
Tuesday, June 27 2017
We’ve all read the stats. Eating dinner together with our children helps with everything from language skills and emotional resilience, to avoiding drink, drugs and obesity, and scoring better grades in school later on. So
Surprise! Holiday Meltdowns Are Actually A Good Thing
Wednesday, June 21 2017
Your child will have big feelings when a special holiday or birthday comes up. It’s one of the phenomena you can set your clock by. We parents wish the universe were governed by forces
Five Positive Things You Can Do To Promote Sharing On Playdates
Wednesday, June 7 2017
Parenting can be all encompassing. It can seem to take us an age to figure out what we can accept and what our boundaries are at home, and then bam! We have to leave the
9 Steps to Beat Boredom With Connection [INFOGRAPHIC]
Tuesday, May 23 2017
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
Listening to Little Kids Helps Them Sleep
Monday, May 1 2017
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
How to Help a Grumpy Preschooler
Wednesday, April 26 2017
A guest post from Sabina Veronelli Do you sometimes feel like your child has suddenly become grumpy or distant, and you have no idea why? When pre-schooler Charlie starts ignoring his friends one day
Tantrums, Tools and Teachers: Helping Tribal Families Connect
Tuesday, April 25 2017
One thing Shelley Macy likes to avoid is being called as an expert, despite the fact she has worked for decades training teachers. Shelley is an early childhood educator working with tribal early learning programs
These Parenting Tools Foster Lasting Change for Parents and Kids, Even in the Toughest Communities
Wednesday, April 19 2017
As Kirsten Nottleson faced the room of 30 female prison inmates, she could barely think. “We’d been told that these women were coming to the end of their sentences, that they would soon be reunified,
4 Types of Limits That Children Need
Monday, March 13 2017
Science says that limits give a good framework for children to flourish. And setting limits is an integral part of Hand in Hand’s empathetic, authoritative approach.
How to Say No to Your Child with Love
Thursday, March 9 2017
Saying no can be hard. Some of us avoid saying it if we feel like we just don’t have the energy for another fight and we skirt around saying “No.” For others it brings up a lot