5 Takeaways to Help You Become a Calmer Parent
This article summarizes 5 tools to consider for calmer parenting. Full article can be read here
An Age-by-Age Guide to Disciplining your Child
“Discipline is about guiding and teaching children — it’s not about punishment or anger.” So, how do you help guide and teach your child without resorting to yelling, threatening, or having a meltdown yourself? This article provides some useful strategies for each age group (toddlers to teens). Full article can be read here
Screen Time Syndrome: Brain Images Explain Why Kids Are Moody, Impulsive & Can’t Pay Attention
Screen time is often apart of children’s daily lives. But how early and to what extent, and is it creating unintentional difficulties for your child? Full article can be read here
The Difference Between Tantrums and Sensory Meltdowns
The important difference between tantrums and meltdowns due to sensory overload- Could your child be experiencing the latter? Knowing the difference can help you learn how to respond in a way that better supports your child. Full article can be read here By Amanda Morin
Arsenic Hour
“Every parent knows arsenic hour, when hunger, homework, and exhaustion merge into one big emotional accident waiting to happen. One obvious reason that kids have meltdowns at the end of the day is that they’re hungry and tired, whether they’ve been home with you or out at school.” Full article can be read here Aha!…
10 Emotion-Coaching Phrases to Use When Your Child is Upset
How you respond to your child in their moments of upset will impact how they view themselves, others, and the world around them. Emotion coaching helps to facilitate a secure attachment, emotional regulation, resiliency (i.e., bouncing back more quickly), and empathy in your child. Here are 10 phrases that you can use to help you…
Rude, Mean or Bullying: A Child Therapist Defines the Difference
Rude, mean or bullying: Understanding the difference is important in order to appropriately label conflict, and to help determine what interventions need to be in place in order to keep children emotionally and physically safe at school. Full article can be read here
How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex: An Age-by-Age Guide
Talking to your child about sex can feel awkward and daunting. This article provides an age-by-age guide that covers everything from sex and puberty to gender identity and consent. Full article can be read here
When Saying Goodnight is Hard: 20 Ways to Bridge Night-Time Distance
Separating from parents can be very difficult for many children at night. This is a great visual with ideas to help caregivers keep their anxious kids feeling secure at bedtime, and fostering their ability to stay in their own bed at night. Full post can be read here
Active Minds, Restless Sleep: An Expert’s Guide for Making Bedtime Sleep Time
The bedtime hour seems to be precisely the time when many children start over-thinking and worrying. This article has some great tips and scripts to use to help put busy minds to rest. Full article can be read here