Discipline & Behavior Encouraging the Highly Competent Child All parents, no matter their circumstances, education, and values, share one fundamental belief: We want the very best for our children.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior What Your Kids Want You to Know but Aren’t Able to Say: Insider Information from the Clinical Eye I’m sure you can picture the scene. You have repeatedly told your child that food goes on the plate or in your mouth. He looks you... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills 10 Ways to Learn in Your Own Backyard Many parents worry about summer slide, the learning loss that can occur while school is out for the summer. Great news: There is a... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills Parental Survival Post-Separation/Divorce Coming to terms with a separation or divorce and making an adjustment over the long run are processes. Just when you think you have it... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Learning to Cope with Strong Emotions Young children are experts at expressing a wide range of powerful emotions daily. From gleeful excitement to intense anger,... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills “What about Me?” In the May 26, 2014 issue of The New Yorker, a cartoon by Paul Noth caught my eye. Two young adult women are sitting on a sofa, glasses... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Helpful Ways to Deal with Difficult Feelings Stress, anger, frustration, and other “negative” feelings—they’re a part of everyone’s life: yours, your spouse’s or... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Toddlers Guidelines for Setting Limits With Your Toddler Toddlers—wild and wooley, heart-melting and frustrating, fun and challenging. Often the biggest challenge for parents is how best to... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior Doesn’t My Child Care? Jill, a Sonoma County parent, was deeply distressed when her 9-year-old came home from school and told her that a classmate’s... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills READY, SET, GO! Making the Most of the Summer before Kindergarten I remember getting up at 5:00 am and waiting in line in the dark to register my not yet 5-year-old daughter for an array of what seemed... Continue Reading
