Starting School Part 1 – How to Pack the Backpack
Starting school, whether it’s for the first time, entering a new school, or even returning to a familiar school after a break, can be a challenge for both our children and ourselves. And we mean
Starting School Part 2 – How to Unpack the Backpack
Starting school for the first time, or after the long summer holidays, can pull up old feelings of separation. Be kind to yourselves and your children: leave time for some extra upsets over the first
How To Handle a Child’s Whining Calmly When You Need to Leave
There are days when it is very hard for my daughter to say goodbye when I leave home. Since I have realized this, I will often spend the morning spending lots of time with her
Instructor Media Kit
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How to Set Effective Limits and Help Children Cooperate
By Rachel Schofield Like it or not, part of everyday life as a parent is Setting Limits with our child. We naturally want to keep our kids safe, help them build respectful relationships and learn
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
Connect with Your Baby: How to Make Everyday Moments Times for Connection
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 things
To The Mama Whose Birth Did Not Go to Plan: You Are Not a Failure
Dear Mama, If you have had a birth experience that did not go as you hoped or planned, it’s not selfish to have negative feelings about it. Even though you, or the people around
These Five Things Make for Happy New Parents
Having a baby is like moving to a new country. We have lots of questions as we get to know this new person in our lives and many feelings can surface for us in the
Answering A Child’s Questions About Shocking News Stories
As an adult I am confused and disturbed by the details of this crime. Children do not understand it and their world-view is unable to comprehend so much of it. Protect them from details.
How Hand in Hand Turned Our Family Around
Mom Elene Johas Teener tells us how Hand in Hand Parenting helped her meet her two aggressive sons. “Being an older parent with a fully developed career, I have experienced high pressure and stress situations.
How Do You Get Out from Under Parent Guilt?
We ardently wish we could make a perfect life for our children. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.
Four Steps To Resolve A Child’s Big Fears
by Certified Savannah Sanfield Many children are afraid of visits to the doctor, but my daughter was TERRIFIED. She’d had a difficult birth and was in the NICU for four days; perhaps those early experiences had
Why I Let My Child Hit During Her Upsets
“My daughter, who is seven, always wanted to sleep in my bed. She went through a period of crying every night about sleeping alone. I listened to her cry each time, hoping it was doing
Belynda Smith
When I became a parent I was besotted! I read everything I could find on how to help my son thrive. Yet we struggled tremendously with sleeplessness, tantrums, aggression and a variety of life challenges.
A Reconnect Helps When Kids Move Offtrack On the Holidays
I’d been longing to go for some walks over Christmas. We had one planned on Christmas day an hour before we were due to have lunch with my partner’s family. The first ten minutes went
Five Games to Help with Bedtime Refusal
Laughter releases the tensions of the day and lets children relax and feel connected to you. And it’s way more fun than a power struggle! Download this list of quick games to help when your
Is My Stress Affecting My Child?
Dear Hand in Hand, There has been a lot going on in my life at the moment that I’m finding hard to deal with. I’m pregnant, not sleeping and my father recently passed away. Now