Children and families experience separations frequently. Whether for daily daycare drop-offs, divorce, adoption, foster care, a death in the family, immigration, detention, or other situations, these separations can be hard and even traumatic for everyone in the family. Please join … Continue reading
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My Therapeutic Practice Was Missing Something – Until I Took This Parenting Class
A guest post by Savannah Sanfield Savannah Sanfield trained clinically to work with children but felt so disheartened with the system she found herself in once qualified she focused on working with adults. It wasn’t until she became a parent needing … Continue reading
6 Things I Learned When I Brought Connection into the Classroom
A Guest Post with Sarah Charlton Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor Sarah Charlton works as a learning support assistant with secondary school-aged children in the UK and has seen the benefits of bringing connection tools into the classroom, with teachers … Continue reading
Bringing Tools to Slow the Cycle of Violence in LA’s South-Central
How can I get my toddler to nap? What do I do about whining? How can I get my child to listen? Parents at one outreach center in Watts, South LA have the same parenting worries as you or me. … Continue reading
How Connection Helps Create Trauma Sensitive Classrooms
Trauma can really undermine a children’s ability to thrive at school, affecting relationships and making it hard for them to follow school structure and directives. Dealing with these behaviours can be taxing on teaching staff, but young children often turn to … Continue reading
Connected Parenting Approach Reaches Across the Divides
How do I control my angry child? Why won’t my baby sleep? What should I do about toddler tantrums? How do I build a strong bond with my tween? Parenting doesn’t come with a manual, it takes a village. But … Continue reading
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