Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips, Preschool, Toddlers Kids and Conflict: Social Skills That Build Healthy Friendships During these challenging and uncertain times, children are socializing in very small groups, if at all. Although a small “social pod” is... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Toddlers 7 Tools for Your Positive Discipline Toolbox Knowing when and how to set appropriate and effective limits with young children is always a challenge. What is the appropriate... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips, Preschool, Toddlers Typical Temper Tantrum or Emotional Trouble? How to Tell the Difference In my experience as both a parent and child psychologist, emotional outbursts are one of the most concerning and frequent issues... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips The Perils of Praise By Joanna Faber and Julie King, authors and workshop leaders at Parents Place Parenting advice can give you whiplash. Be consistent but... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers 5 Proven Ways to Help Your Child Manage Frustration Life is full of challenging feelings, and kids don’t come pre-programmed with frustration management skills! Fortunately, with a... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips, Toddlers Positive Parenting: Planning for Success Which tools are in your parenting toolbox? Having worked with families for over 30 years, I am familiar with various approaches to... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips, Toddlers How to Understand and Respond to Your Child’s Behavioral Issues As parents we wish we could subdue our children’s outbursts with a gentle re-direction. In some cases this works beautifully. But,... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips No Such Thing as Perfect: How to Help a Child Struggling with Perfectionism Picture a child who keeps a tidy, well-organized desk in class, a remarkably clean bedroom at home, makes sure his or her homework is... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parents Tips Does My Child Need to See a Therapist? Soon after I had my first child, I remember passing a billboard with a baby sitting in a diaper that said “These don’t come with... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parents Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Weathering the Storms of Adolescence: To Hold on or Let Go? During the storms of adolescence it’s a tricky balance for parents to know when to offer support and when to let go. We all want... Continue Reading
