Take a Time Out from Time Outs
Your son has been acting out all day. First he grabbed his friend’s toy truck at a playdate and refused to play nicely. He threw it across the room when you asked him to
Why Do My Kids Cry After We Have Good Fun?
When I started using Special Time with my children they just fell in love with it. Special Time is a Hand in Hand Tool that works like this: You set aside a certain amount
15 Connection-Building Books for Parents
Our founder, Patty Wipfler’s book Listen, Five Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges, is a treasure trove of anecdotes and wisdom drawn from her 40 years working with children and families. At the
Megha Mawandia
Megha Mawandia was born and raised in Mumbai, India. After working for 10 years she took a sabbatical to care for her child with special needs. The emotional journey of supporting her family brought her
What is a Listen Book Club? Tools, Clubs and Classes at Hand in Hand
Dear Hand in Hand Parenting I read Patty and Tosha’s book LISTEN recently and found it really useful. I’ve been trying out some of the tools at home and have seen some big differences. My
Calm Parenting Big Families
Parenting challenges multiply in larger families. The grocery list is bigger for sure. The laundry takes longer. And there’s always some little person pulling at your hand demanding to be heard. In her recent book Listen:
Sharon Ryder
Sharon and her family live in Perth, Western Australia. She is the mother of a primary school-aged boy. Sharon is a speech pathologist who works with young children who have a disability and their families.
10 Surprising People That You Can Share Listen With
Now we’re asking you to spread the word and get “Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges” heard by others that don’t yet know about it.
Handling Sibling Sibling Battles with Empathy
“This afternoon I could tell that my four-year-old was going off track. His behavior was erratic, and he couldn’t seem to settle. I didn’t exactly see what happened, but I heard my seventeen-month-old daughter crying.
Learn Five Tools That Will Transform The Way You Parent In One Week
Discover Hand in Hand’s approach and an introduction to the Five Tools for calmer, connected parenting in Days 1-6 and then see how the Tools work for real-life families on Days 7 and 8. Day
5 Reasons to Start a Listen Bookclub
If you ever felt you craved a real parenting community, a place where you and like-minded parents could gather and discuss your experiences? Then start a Listen Bookclub. A Listen Bookclub is a chance to
Five Types of Bad Behavior and Why They Happen
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 7 Does it seem that disagreements rise up out of nowhere in your family? Tantrums, upsets, and arguments may seem to happen over such small occurrences but are
What is Hand in Hand Parenting’s Playlistening tool?
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 5 Play is the safe cradle in which our children experiment, express themselves, and explore their world. Whatever the activity, your child is playing when their actions are
15 Playful Ways To Solve Sibling Rivalry
By Shaheen Merali and Kate Orson Sibling rivalry is an inevitable challenge of raising more than one child. No matter what the age difference or personalities of the children, sooner or later, every child with
Five Connection Tools That Will Transform Your Parenting
What is Hand in Hand Parenting? Like no other work we know, parenting is all-demanding, all consuming. So often the work we do as parents goes unnoticed, despite it being the most important role we
Heidi Grainger Russell
Heidi discovered Hand in Hand after searching for a parenting approach that was in alignment with her belief that children deserve to be treated with respect and kindness and that they need a trusted caregiver
Handling Child Disappointments
All children experience disappointments, and how they react to them can vary from upsets to rage. Unleashing these feelings of disappointment can be enough to help release the tension, but sometimes kids get stuck. A Hand in
Taming Parent Tantrums: 8 Keys to Quieting the Storm
Get 8 ways to find calm after you lose it and tame your parent tantrums “The more helpful response to being triggered is to recognize your emotional charge as a signal that something is amiss