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
Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Temperaments A Beautiful Mind: The Introvert “I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork … for well I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills How Not to Be “That Guy” You’ve seen him. He eagerly attends his kids’ games—and, unfortunately, yours’ as well—and suddenly fashions himself... Continue Reading
Preteens & Teens, School Challenges OMG! I Only Got a 95: Taming Test Anxiety Your 13-year-old has a math test tomorrow, and she’s stressing out about it. You wonder why, given that she’s always... Continue Reading
Birth - First Year, Toddlers New Parent … Again? “My second baby is due soon, and I am so worried about how I’m going to have enough time—and love!—for both of them!” Of all of... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills Awareness and Attention: The Art of Observing Children When you are with your children, you are continuously observing them. Maybe you’re delightedly watching their play, maybe... Continue Reading
Special Challenges Speaking Openly about Selective Mutism A few years ago, I was asked to observe a child who never spoke to her preschool teachers, although she had no trouble talking at home... Continue Reading
