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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.
Must-Read Parenting Books: My Favourites & What's Next on My List
Must-Read Parenting Books: My Favourites & What's Next on My List
Holiday Gift Guide - Gifts That Nurture Your Child's Creativity, Curiosity and Learning
Gift guide of open-ended, developmentally appropriate toys and experiences that will nurture your child’s creativity, curiosity and learning
Intention – What’s Your Plan?
With intention you can influence what pathways are strengthened in your child's brain, nurturing resilience and well-being.
Identity – Getting to Really Know Your Child
Getting to really know your child's developmental level, temperament and interests is important to support their development of identity.
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.
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.
Social-Emotional Readiness: Setting the Stage for a Successful Start to School
Setting the stage for a successful school start with social-emotional readiness. Strategies to nurture emotion awareness with young children
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...
Dealing with Childhood Anxiety - Part 1
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. Anxiety is our body’s normal reaction to perceived...
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...
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 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...
5 STEPS TO A MORE CONFIDENT PARENT MINDSET
A confident parent mindset matters because it affects the way you raise your children, your stress levels and overall well-being.
Play-Based Learning - Strategies
Children need time to play. How do we find time to provide that in our busy days? Start by taking some of the pressure off of yourself...
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...
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