A Guest Post by Emilie Leeks When my husband and I first started looking into the work of Hand in Hand Parenting, we just hoped it would help us to become more like the parents we wanted to be. Little … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Listening Skills
Listening Helps Prepare Me for Autism Diagnosis
Listening Partnerships with Emilie Leeks Even from when he was a little baby, we had known that one of our children was a little bit different from other children his age. It was difficult to put our finger on it, and … 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
A Good Cry and a Good Listener Changes Everything
Setting a limit at bedtime can bring up big feelings for children. Holding the limit, while making room to also hear the feelings is a challenge, but it builds a child’s confidence and connection with you.
Try A Weekend of Special Time To Help Problem Behavior
Often times my son will walk by his siblings and push them down or punch them on their backs or yell in their faces. If they are doing something that irritates him, he will get extremely close and ball up his fists and visibly shake with anger.
Transform Hair Washing Upsets
When my son was about 21 months old, he started to hate having water poured over his head when I washed his hair in the bath. He would scream and scream every time, even when I was meticulously careful not … Continue reading
Transitioning from TV
I believe the studies that suggest that TV isn’t really helpful for children because such passivity occurs for the viewer. Yet, I’d let the viewing get out of hand during a difficult few weeks. So, even though I wasn’t over … Continue reading
The “Wrong” Sippy Cup
Last night, my son (27 months) was having a typical evening, in a pretty good mood generally but, as usual, resisted having his teeth brushed. I brushed them just a little bit, let him brush them the rest himself, and … Continue reading
Helping a Child Say Good-bye to her Mom
I had been playing with a mother and her 4-year old daughter at a PlayMorning. We were having a good time together. The mother wanted to do a short listening exchange with another parent, out of sight of her daughter, … Continue reading
Listening through a Homework Challenge
My daughter was given a month to learn all the states and their capitals. She’s in fifth grade. About two weeks before the due date, she had learned some states, but not many, and I made the suggestion that we … Continue reading
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