By Andrea McCracken My daughter was 7, nearly 8, and developing more concerns about the world. At bedtime, she would lay quietly and think about the mysteries of illnesses, aliens and other potentially scary things. They must have churned around her … Continue reading
Tag Archives: fear
Are Secret Fears Driving Your Child’s Aggression?
What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 8 In the last of our series of Listen Launch Posts, Patty Wipfler talks about how children’s deep down fears can erupt in patterns of aggression and how releasing those fears comes through a … Continue reading
How I Got My Baby to Give Up the Pacifier and Sleep Better
By the time she was three months old, my entire life was focused on helping my baby daughter get some good sleep. I hired two sleep consultants, read every book on sleep available, but found no answers or magic cures. What I knew I could not do was leave her alone to “cry it out”.
The Good Tantrum
Hi Hand in Hand Parenting, My almost 3 1/2 year old is having an especially hard time right now with family coming to visit. He has always had an extremely high need for connection. He still needs to sleep right … Continue reading
How I Used a Tantrum to Stop My Child Hitting
My husband and I had a friend visiting us and toward the end of the visit, my son started to play with the TV remote control, increasing the volume while we tried to talk, again and again. All of our … Continue reading
Sleep Issues: Helping My 5-year-old Sleep on Her Own
My habit had been to lay down with my five-year-old daughter at bedtime until she was asleep, which often took half an hour or more. She would fall asleep fairly easily when others put her to bed, reading books with … Continue reading
Listening Helps my Daughter
She started to cry on and off, and I tried to remember if anything had happened that might have upset her.
Biting, Pushing, Pulling Hair – Helping Children with Aggression
Has your child ever lashed out and hurt someone? Has another aggressive child ever bothered him?
Working with Aggressive Behavior
A few days later I noticed there had been no aggressive behavior since the day of the big cry.
Listening Through a Family Change
Given the morning conversation, I kept telling her that both mummy and daddy love her, that she was safe and that we would both continue to look after her.
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