Checklist: How to Nurture Your Child’s Emotional Health
Learning how to nurture your child's emotional health is one of the most important aspects of effective parenting. Check out these 5 key strategies!
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5 Surprising Ways to Nurture Emotional Health in Young Children
Nurturing emotional health in children is vital to their development—far too vital to be left to chance. Let's look at five surprising ways parents can cultivate emotional health in young children.
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Emotional Intelligence: 5 Reasons Why It’s So Important
Discover tips to help your child become emotionally intelligent by increasing his emotional awareness, and develop a greater sense of emotional competence!
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Self-care: Every Parents Greatest Challenge
I remember it like it was yesterday. My boys were two and four. Their energy level was through the roof and I was overworked, exhausted, and stressed out. It was during that same year that I discovered a big problem. I lacked healthy selfcare skills.
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In Touch Parenting: A Mix of Attachment and Authoritative Parenting
Pam wasn't using her full potential with her angry child and aggressive toddler. Once she applied the In Touch approach to parenting, she felt terrific because she reclaimed her family harmony in a short amount of time.
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How To Get A Child To Listen The First Time
Most parents feel like pulling out their hair when trying to get a child to listen the first time. It's not uncommon for parents of youngsters to fall into a pattern of ask, remind and repeat, followed by threatening, lectures and yelling. But what if there was an easier way? I'm happy to tell you there is.
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Secure Attachment: What Every Child Needs
We all want to raise children who become cooperative, courageous, and independent little people who thrive. Of course, the big question is how. Thankfully, we don't have to rely on grandma's intuition or the opinions of others to address the pressing concern of "how best to do that." Instead, decades of research in the area of what is called "best parenting practices" helps us separate the facts from fiction
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Misbehavior or Stress-behavior?
Is child misbehavior common in your home? Ever worry that you have a problem child, a child of rage, or youngster who is behaving badly? This article is loaded with parenting tips that focus on positive discipline and attachment parenting so you can know the difference between misbehavior and stress behavior.
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Getting Prepared For Back to School
For those of you who live in North America, it's back to school time once again. Sadly, this means that the fun and festivities of summer vacation are coming to a close. Regardless of how excited your little-one is about adjusting to his back to school schedule, the transition can be challenging. For your convenience, here are 15 key elements to consider as you ease your family into the new routine and become proactive rather than reactive to the change:
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Transform Your Parenting in 2019
Read about the A-B-C's of transforming your parenting in 2019.
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Power Struggles: How To Neutralize Them Quickly With Empathy!
We all know that power struggles are a real challenge. But did you know that a good dose of empathy cures power struggles?
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Back to School: The Secret To A Peaceful Morning!
With young children, unlocking the secret to a peaceful morning can be a real chore. Sometimes it involves being patient while watching your little one throw himself on the floor or scream loud and long enough to wake the dead. If you are like the rest of us, then you've probably wondered in those moments what you did to deserve such a terrible child, or what your child did to deserve such a terrible parent.
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What Every Parent Ought To Know About Apology and Repair
Every parent makes mistakes with their children and it can feel terrible. Discover practical examples of how wise parents use apology and repair to nurture secure attachment bonds with children.
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How To End Morning Madness
With the holidays fast approaching it can be a real challenge getting your kids ready for school, getting yourself ready for work, and still being on time. Sound familiar? The bad news is that offering choices, making the morning routine into a game, or preparing everything the night before does not guarantee that the morning will run smoothly. Although these strategies can offer enormous help, sometimes the needs of kids and parents still collide.
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15 Back To School Tricks That Ease The First Day Of School Jitters
It’s back to school time again. Discover 15 surprisingly easy ways to ease your family toward a more structured and enjoyable first day of school.
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