Yes! You can play when your child is upset. Here’s how: Your child grabs the one extra cookie you said he wasn’t allowed… What do you do? Or your daughter whines the minute she sees you pull out peanut butter … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Staylistening
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
Why Responding With Calm Helps An Upset Child
A guest post by Marilupe de la Calle When my daughter was five and a half, we decided to take our craft project outside on a gorgeous afternoon. As soon as she sat down, a big black spider jumped on … Continue reading
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
An Empathetic Response to Sibling Fighting That Avoids You Taking Sides
A Guest Post by Yasmeen Almahdy My middle daughter Dody recently got her sister Toty a present. It was really thoughtful of her, but she didn’t know that Toty had bought exactly the same notebook in exactly the same color … Continue reading
Why Our Children Just Want To Be Heard
A Guest Post by Yasmeen Almahdy Sometimes the things that affect our children are not things that would upset us. In our bids to offer solutions, however well-meaning, we often forget to stop and listen. Yet one of the best … Continue reading
Understanding Why Tantrums Happen and How to Support Them
A Guest Post with Roma Norriss Tantrums are an inevitable element of childhood. No matter what we do, beginning at around age two, big upsets and crying always appear. It can be as late as six before we see them … Continue reading
Respond To Children’s Hurts in a Way That Builds Confidence
A Guest Post by Emilie Leeks We’d only just left for the shops when our youngest, who is three, slipped off his scooter. It was quite a tumble, and he was clutching at his legs and sobbing. I sat … Continue reading
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