Summer is nearly here, and for most of us, our plans have already been made and scribbled onto the calendar. Whether it’s vacations, camping trips, summer camps, or more, many parents […]
20 Ways To Spark Connection With Your Child
Attachment Parenting
Are You A Helicopter Parent?
Helicopter parenting has become the go-to buzz word in the child-raising world. Everybody is critical of parents deemed to be overly protective of their child and helicopter parenting has become […]
Can we at least stop hitting the children?
This post is in response to a recent viral video of a young child being hit with a paddle by his school’s administrators as a form of punishment while his […]
How do you teach a child to show love?
Even though we might not say it out loud, every parent has been there. You give and you give and you give some more to your children, working to keep […]
Discipline Without Damage Does NOT Mean Without Limits, Boundaries or Growing Up
Somewhere along the way, we got lost. As parents and others charged with the responsibility of growing up children, we got panicked about forming them into adults. Now. Yesterday. ASAP. […]
The Discipline Cheat Sheet: An Infographic
When a situation is getting heated with your child, a script that has been spoken many times before may threaten to come out of your mouth. “That’s ENOUGH!” “I […]
Love A Parent, Love A Child
A few years ago I found myself on a plane – without my husband along for support – with our then 3 and 7-year old children. Maxwell, our youngest, soon […]
What is Attachment Parenting…. really?
When you say “attachment” next to the word “parent” too many people write it off as something trendy and requiring hairy armpits to deliver on. But the science of child […]
Gradual Entry
For some children the idea of being left in a classroom with an adult relatively unknown to them is simply going to be too much. If you think this is […]