Children have a developmental need to test, and challenge the limits set. It’s part of how they learn about their world and relationships.

Awareness and planning can go a long way in navigating the holidays with young children, creating fun and memorable experiences for everyone

Gift guide of open-ended, developmentally appropriate toys and experiences that will nurture your child’s creativity, curiosity and learning

This blog post, explores why children often struggle to follow the rules they already know, and some strategies to encourage cooperation.

Choosing Child Care: Explore the importance of Play-Based Learning, Emergent Curriculum and Positive Adult-Child Relationships in Child Care

Tips and tricks for parents to support their young child's transition to school. Practical strategies to assure a successful start to school

A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Anxiety happens when a part of the limbic system or emotion brain, the amygdala, senses trouble. When...

Strategies to avoid power struggles with your tween or teen and teach valuable life lessons.

Strategies to encourage co-operation and avoid power struggles with young children

Power Struggles - There Are No Winners Power struggles occur when a child is determined to have their way and the parent insists on...

Good job! That makes me so happy! You are so smart! I love your picture! All of that positive praise must be good … right? What if I told...

How To Nurture Intrinsic Motivation In the previous blog post I explained the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic...

The intrinsic motivation to learn about the world around us begins in infancy. My 7 month old granddaughter explores for the pure...

Temperament is your child’s unique approach to the world, their natural tendencies. Differences in temperament influence the way children...

Feelings are a window into the inner thoughts and perspective of the child. When an adult attunes to the feelings of a child, that child...

“That’s mine!” “I had it first!” “They hit me!” “Stop!” “MOM!” If you have multiple children, or work with groups of children, this...

Carol Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and...

In the last post I gave 5 tips for setting limits. It might seem like telling your child what to do would be easy, but how you do it...

As parents, grandparents, caregivers we have a responsibility to teach and guide the children in our care, that includes setting limits....

Resilience is often associated with big life events with stories of survival and growth during the most adverse situations. However, the...