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
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Child & Parent Resilience
From Power Struggles to Life Lessons with Your Tween or Teen
Strategies to avoid power struggles with your tween or teen and teach valuable life lessons.
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...
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 To Maintain Limits
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...
5 STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
Resilience is often associated with big life events with stories of survival and growth during the most adverse situations. However, the...
Practical Approaches to Play-Based Learning
Welcome back to the series on play-based learning. In Practical Approaches to Play-Based Learning you will find tips for establishing...
Play-Based Learning: An Introduction
How to support optimal early childhood development Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for...
Holiday Resilience
Navigating the Holidays with Young Children Visions of the perfect holiday season dance through parents' heads. Children frolic in their...
Supportive Separations
When we refer to a child’s reaction to “saying goodbye” or being away from a primary caregiver as separation anxiety, we begin to view...
Identity – Getting to Really Know Your Child
Awareness of your child's developmental level, temperament and interests, helps to support their unique path of growth and development.
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