Class 1 Video 1-1: What Parents Want and Need (8:58) Hand in Hand Presents: Building Emotional Understanding: Class 1: Segment 1: What Parents Want and Need. I’m Patty Wipfler, and I’m the founder and the
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A Gentle Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Children to Do Something You’re on the home stretch. Dinner is done. Toys have been tidied. PJs are on. You have storybooks in hand, and there is just
LitReviewOverview (At-a-Glance) By Rebecca Aced-Molina, M.A. Introduction Since its founding in 1989 by Patricia Wipfler, The Parents Leadership Institute (PLI), has offered parenting education through workshops, literature, parent support groups, and parent-child play groups that
“Somehow my older child didn’t think Santa was fair this year. She felt her sister’s presents were bigger and better, and hers were smaller and worse. Although I felt badly for her because she truly
Sleighbells ring, are you listening? Unfortunately, probably not. That is, if you are shoulder-high in festive planning and your children are fighting over the last gingerbread. Here’s 18 sanity-saving tips for tackling those holiday stresses,
I can’t believe that the shops started putting up Christmas decorations and playing Christmas carols at least a month ago. I always feel that it has come around too soon. In Australia, Christmas coincides with