I’ve been teaching about Special Time this week and it’s led me to think more about my journey with it. These days we do Special Time for about 15 minutes per child every day, and it’s a chunk of time … Continue reading
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Co-Parenting: Use this 5-minute trick to reconnect with your kids when they come home from your ex
Even if you and your ex are on good terms, transitions that occur during a separation or divorce can be tough on kids. Think of all the things going on for them: Different rules Different expectations Moving belongings back and … Continue reading
Can Special Time Really Increase My Child’s Level of Cooperation?
Want to increase your child’s co-operation? Have them listen more? Reduce clinginess? Sometimes special time can feel like the magic balm in parenting. It can: Boost your child’s confidence. It can build their resilience. It can ease your own parent guilt … Continue reading
Do you know when your child needs you most of all?
The last time you asked your child to tidy the crayons, they smashed the whole box on the floor and ripped up the color sheet. You have to psyche yourself up when you need them to turn off the TV, … Continue reading
Hand in Hand Parenting Tools Helped My Child Face MRI Without Anesthesia
A Guest Post by Elena Bonel Yesterday Bianca, my 3-year-old daughter, had a brain MRI, without anesthesia. She has already had several operations, and I had become aware of recent FDA warnings and several other studies about the potential for brain … Continue reading
Special Time Helped Me Support My Son’s Big Ideas
I was on Special Time duty one particular weekend and had done 20 minutes with each of my younger two children. Next, it was my oldest son’s turn. He’s 7. Originally he’d said he wanted to play football, which I … Continue reading
How Hand in Hand Turned Our Family Around
Here, mom Elene Johas Teener tells us how Hand in Hand Parenting helped her meet her two aggressive sons. “Being an older parent with a fully developed career, I have experienced high pressure and stress situations. One of the … Continue reading
3 Understandings That Helped Me Respond More Calmly to my Child’s Aggressive Behavior
A Guest Post by Miranda Fairhall When my husband and I chose parenthood through adoption, I knew that I would be mothering a child who carried deep hurt. These days, children are generally removed due to adversity in their birth … Continue reading
Talking About Tweens (and their Tantrums)
This week on the podcast talk turns to tweens and what it takes to parent through what can bring some on turbulent times. With Abigail parenting a double tween household and Elle raising a 10-year-old, there’s plenty of personal stories … Continue reading
How Connection Boosts Your Child’s Brain and Fosters Better Behavior
With Stephanie Parker and Anna Cole As parents, we all strive for “those days.” Those days when we all get up and eat breakfast together. Those days when everyone’s bags are packed and it’s smiles all the way to school. … Continue reading
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