Co-Regulation for Children: Focus on Feelings Before Behaviour
This is why co-regulation—offering your calm presence—matters.
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Child & Parent Resilience
5 STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
To recognize and manage emotions is crucial to resilience and well-being. Emotional regulation is the path to better mental health.
The Magic of Narrating Life with Toddlers
Become the interpreter and narrator of your toddler's life to enhance their development and nurture connection.
Five Parenting Practises for 2024
Level up your parenting game in 2024! Discover 5 actionable practices to navigate the ups and downs of raising kids with ease.
Must-Read Parenting Books: My Favourites & What's Next on My List
Must-Read Parenting Books: My Favourites & What's Next on My List
Intention – What’s Your Plan?
With intention you can influence what pathways are strengthened in your child's brain, nurturing resilience and well-being.
The Gift of Resilience
Parents can nurture the gift of resilience with knowledge of brain development, repeated experience and secure attachment.
Why Kids Just Can't Seem to Follow the Rules They Already Know
This blog post, explores why children often struggle to follow the rules they already know, and some strategies to encourage cooperation.
Parenting Then and Now: Examining the Changing Landscape
This blog posts examines what has changed in parenting from the 90's to now. Current trends focus on new research about how children develop
Helping Children Cope with Separation
For children, crying, clinging and meltdowns can be normal expressions of feelings associated with being apart from a loved one.
Dealing with Childhood Anxiety - Part 2
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Anxiety happens when a part of the limbic system or emotion brain, the amygdala, senses trouble. When...
Go From Power Struggles to Co-operation with Young Children
Strategies to encourage co-operation and avoid power struggles with young children
POWER STRUGGLES - THERE ARE NO WINNERS
Power Struggles - There Are No Winners Power struggles occur when a child is determined to have their way and the parent insists on...
Motivation and the Slippery Slope of Praise
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
How To Nurture Intrinsic Motivation In the previous blog post I explained the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic...
Intrinsic Motivation vs. Extrinsic Motivation
The intrinsic motivation to learn about the world around us begins in infancy. My 7 month old granddaughter explores for the pure...
MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR CHILD'S TEMPERAMENT
Temperament is your child’s unique approach to the world, their natural tendencies. Differences in temperament influence the way children...
Feelings - A Window To Your Child's Thoughts and Perspective
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...
5 Steps of Conflict Resolution
“That’s mine!” “I had it first!” “They hit me!” “Stop!” “MOM!” If you have multiple children, or work with groups of children, this...
How To Promote Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and...
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