A Guest Post by Michelle Pate I picked up my seemingly happy seven-year-old from school one day, but by the time we got in the car to drive home, she was filled with frustration and tears. She was whining about … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Listening to Children
Staylistening Surprises: When Things Don’t Go As Planned
If you’ve discovered the simple and seemingly radical tool of Staylistening – of staying and listening through your child’s upset – you may have been amazed by how your child recovers from that tantrum or meltdown and returns to brightness … Continue reading
One Way To Stay Connected As Your Kids Get Older
A Guest Post with Roma Norriss How can you keep connected to your children as they get older? In this video, Roma talks about the value of listening to your tween and teen when they offload, and why this … Continue reading
Parenting This Way Saved me from Drowning in Motherhood
A Guest Post by Miranda Fairhall I was not prepared for motherhood. Not for the emotional being who was now my responsibility. Not for the craziness, the crying, the fussing, the whinging, the whining, the tantrums and raging meltdowns and … Continue reading
Responsive Parenting and Autism: Addressing Anger with Play
A Guest Post by Emilie Leeks Parenting in our pre-Hand in Hand days, we would never have considered going playful in response to ‘rude’ or upset behaviour. I don’t think we’re alone–it just wasn’t the done thing in most of our childhoods I imagine, and would … Continue reading
Five Positive Things You Can Do To Promote Sharing On Playdates
Parenting can be all encompassing. It can seem to take us an age to figure out what we can accept and what our boundaries are at home, and then bam! We have to leave the house. What happens when your … Continue reading
Why Offtrack Behavior is a Sign A Child Needs You: What Your Children Are Really Saying When They Act Up
A Guest Post by Emilie Leeks All children have times where their behaviours challenge us as parents. Things like hitting, biting, kicking, and snide remarks to siblings are all off-track behaviours that signal our children are having an ’emotional emergency’. In those times they need … Continue reading
A Tool That Helps Students Feel Heard
A Listening Partnerships post by Sarah Charlton Traditionally in classrooms, teachers talk and children listen. While curriculums are updating to include self-directed learning, children in many classrooms may still feel unheard, and if they have worries or concerns outside of learning … Continue reading
How Saying No to My Daughter Helped Stop Her Upset
A Guest Post on Setting Limits By Emilie Leeks Setting limits on small things is something I used to find very hard. Sometimes I feel I’m just being petty by not doing things for the kids when technically I can, but … Continue reading
Why Kids Throw Big Tantrums Over Small Things
A guest post by Skye Munro of Nurturing Connections Have you ever got home from a really crap day where EVERYTHING went wrong? You see that your darling partner has accidentally left the milk out of the fridge and you … Continue reading
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