By Keiko Sato-Perry I used to be a high school teacher. As a teacher, I gave homework. That was my job and a tradition, something that I didn’t even think to question. So when my older son entered Kindergarten, I … Continue reading
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How To Keep Calm Even on School Day Mornings
A Guest Post by Roma Norriss Is getting ready for school making you all stressed every morning? Do you find yourself screaming “We’re gonna be late!”… …only to find your son still sitting around in his pyjamas? Do you ask yourself why … Continue reading
When I Couldn’t Stop Yelling
Catherine Fischer on Listening Partnerships I was excited to become a mother, but I didn’t have any idea what I was in for. I thought that parenting would be lots of love and gently guiding my child. I thought that … Continue reading
Releasing My Feelings About Household Chores Was Good For the Whole Family
Listening Time with Steph Parker Like many parents I often feel the amount of stuff to do around the house is endless. Cooking, cleaning, washing, tidying, and laundry makes me feel exhausted just thinking about it! My partner helps out … Continue reading
How Hand in Hand Instructors Help Homeless Parents Feel Heard
The summer before Susan Derby began a graduate degree in Social Work she decided to run a class on connection parenting skills to a group at a non-profit housing facility in Los Angeles, CA. The organisation provides shelter for homeless families … Continue reading
How Parent Listening Time is More Helpful Than Venting
With Kathy Gordon Dear Hand in Hand, “I’ve heard a lot about the parent listening tool, Listening Partnerships, but what makes them so different to the good, easy chats I have with my friends about parenting? I have one friend … Continue reading
Parents, One Way To Quiet Your Crazy Inner Voice
A guest post by Skye Munro of Nurturing Connections I was chatting with a friend that has recently taken a Hand in Hand course of mine. She commented that since doing the course she feels like I am an extra voice … Continue reading
How I Turned off My Emotional Alarms (and got some rest)
Staylistening With Chloé Saint Guilhem I have a weekly appointment with a Listening Partner and I know that this scheduled time helps me work deeply on topics that feel heavy to me in my family life. But it happens quite regularly that … Continue reading
Permission to Feel Sad This Holiday Season
By Kate Orson Three years ago on Christmas morning I started crying. My grandmother had died a month earlier and I was spending Christmas with my in-laws. Suddenly I felt bad, as if I had abandoned my own family. My … Continue reading
What If I’m Just Not A Playful Parent?
“Play with me?” That one question is asked at least 100 times a day in most houses, by kids to their parents. Time and time again we hear that play improves connections. Greys Anatomy-creator (and former workaholic) Shonda Rhimes did a … Continue reading
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