A Guest Post By Madeleine Winter It took months to organise, but today you escaped for lunch with two old friends and left your kids with your partner. Secretly, you couldn’t be happier. Your youngest is going through a phase … Continue reading
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5 Ways to Deal With Family Stress During Listening Time
By Michelle Pate If thinking about spending time with your family puts a knot in your stomach, instead of joy in your heart, it’s time to get those feelings out! Taking the time to have a good laugh, or cry, with a … Continue reading
A Seven Step Guide to Building Connection and Safety at Home
If your child has become frightened by the tones, words, or images seen in the media lately, at home, or from peers, he or she will find ways to bring up those fears that may be indirect. You might notice … Continue reading
How To Reconnect with your Child After Time Apart
Chloe Saint Guilhem Several times when I come to pick up my sons after they’ve spent an afternoon with my mother, one will look at me severely and tell me “Oh! Not you!” Through Hand in Hand Parenting I’ve discovered that these … Continue reading
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 centre of the approach are … Continue reading
Five Connection Tools That Will Transform Your Parenting
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 1 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 will ever have. … Continue reading
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