From the time that our babies learn to walk and talk, we are hit with warnings. The “terrible twos” are coming. You’re in trouble now! Just wait until she’s a threenager. Oh please, that’s a breeze compared to my middle schooler. They’ll walk all...
Has parenting become a competitive sport? Are we now more concerned with having the best-behaved, best sleeping, fastest reading, most accomplished, and most obedient child, or are we concerned with one of a parent’s most important duties –...
He came into the world to light the way for others. He came to show us how to love, how to empathize, and how to be gentle. He came with compassion, intuitiveness, and awareness. My son came to Earth gifted with high sensitivity, a trait 20% of...
When people meet my daughter, they immediately classify her as a strong-willed child. I mean, if you saw her, you might do the exact same thing. She has fiery red hair, a bursting personality, and she knows exactly what she wants and...
Guest post by Amy Williams **** Being a parent requires a tough and constant balance between disciplining your children enough and pampering them the way they need in order to feel loved, confident, and secure. It goes without saying that in a...
By Steve Hodges, M.D. When a child develops type 1 diabetes or a urinary tract infection, nobody says the child is “lazy” or has anxiety or is “seeking attention.” Nobody sends the child to a therapist. Yet when a child well past potty-training...
I once said in a book, “So often, children are punished for being human. They are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones or bad attitudes. Yet, we adults have them all the time. None of us are perfect. We must stop...
“You can’t teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When children feel better, they behave better.” – Pam Leo Nearly eight years ago, I found the above words by Pam Leo to be absolutely true, and this truth led me down the path...
Time and again, I see and hear advice to ignore children who are in emotional distress. Those who both give and receive this advice do so with the best of intentions. They love children and believe it is in a child’s best interest to “train them...
Why I’m Willing to Listen When My Child Cries or Tantrums By Patty Wipfler, Hand in Hand Parenting Listen: Five Simple Tools to MeetYour Everyday Parenting Challenges. Copyright © Hand in Hand Parenting, 2016...
Connecting with the Child In Front of You, Even When It’s Hard to Do Guest post by Casey O’Roarty of Joyful Courage All they want is you. I talk, read, write a lot about this. Parenting all comes back to relationship. I know what...
Common discipline tricks include time-out, spanking, removal of privileges, and grounding. Many parents are even getting quite creative with their tricks, using humiliation, public shaming, and hot sauce. Unfortunately, while these tricks may...
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