parent-child connectedness Archives

I Love You No Matter What Feelings You Are Having

Saturday, February 5 2011

It felt like an MFA in parenting! I think he really got the message that I love him and accepted his feelings and would not punish him for sharing them. Which now I realize I WAS doing in the past even though I had NO IDEA I was doing that!

Thumb-sucking and Holding Feelings Inside

Sunday, January 16 2011

We have raised my 6-year old daughter with Parenting by Connection ideas. One of my daughter’s friends sucks his thumb often. Suddenly, she began experimenting with sucking her thumb—she had never used her thumb as

Sleep Issues: Helping My 5-year-old Sleep on Her Own

Wednesday, January 5 2011

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

Helping an Adopted Child with Night Waking

Thursday, November 18 2010

We adopted our daughter at birth but due to the state’s adoption laws and her case of jaundice, she was confined to the hospital nursery for 5 days. We had limited access to her during

The Gift of a Thousand Tantrums

Tuesday, November 9 2010

This morning Brook, my mostly mild-mannered four-year-old, had a huge tantrum. We were just about to get in the car and join our friends on a hike. It all seemed to be going as planned

Special Time Leads to Connection

Tuesday, October 26 2010

I am absolutely amazed at the powerful effects that Special Time has on my relationship with my daughter, and also in helping her address things that are bothering her.

Tantrum Training Class Helps a Family

Wednesday, October 13 2010

First I would like to thank for your support. I am so glad that I could attend the Tantrum Training seminar. I have a 2.5 year old son and a 16 month old daughter. As

Setting Limits about Food

Thursday, September 30 2010

This morning my daughter had a tantrum because I didn’t give her as much maple syrup as she wanted. She declared she wasn’t eating breakfast and threw herself into some angry crying. I quieted my

Listening Helps my Daughter

Sunday, September 19 2010

She started to cry on and off, and I tried to remember if anything had happened that might have upset her.

Setting Limits after a Playdate

Friday, September 10 2010

It was one of those necessary limits that we parents set every day and I liked the process as it didn’t build up tension in him or in myself, instead, it diffused it. I didn’t resort to threats or bribes, and I didn’t raise my voice. It made us close and playful.