I tried Hand In Hand’s listening tools at home and noticed a wonderful shift in my family. I nagged less. I found I could play a lot more and build cooperation at the same time. I learned how to bring connection into difficult moments. Power struggles eased. The deep love that had always been there now flowed more freely.
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Tears every morning before school. A daily fight before bed. Anxiety disorders, like selective mutism. No matter what a child is anxious about, the driving factor is the same. Fear. Oftentimes, the fear is not
Are you Unsure how to respond to your child’s aggressive or anxious behavior Feeling at a loss when your child cries, yells, hits, or tantrums Reacting to your child with frustration, impatience, anger, shouting or
Whether it’s music, homework, sports or another skill, when a child refuses to practise it can be frustrating. You want your child to progress and increase in confidence, as well as skill.
How can you help?
In this post, one instructor describes how her child went from plugging their ears whenever she suggested practising to happily asking to do more. It all started with a “Special Time Sandwich.” If you are tired of fighting about practising, give it a try.
Special Time boosts connection and eases sibling rivalry, but can feel hard to fit in when you have a large family. Mom of five Sophie Menard shares how she adapted the tool using her three golden rules.
Sooner or later in our lives as parents, we find ourselves locked in a power struggle with our child. It can happen over being fed with a spoon when a baby is just a year old.
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,
Isn’t play childish? Isn’t it a waste of time? Isn’t play pointless? Patty addresses these three adult biases towards play and then shows you how play can actually help you become closer to your child.
Play is the safe cradle in which our children experiment, express themselves, and explore their world. Whatever the activity, your child is playing when her actions are spontaneous, she controls her role, and there’s no