Creative Discipline with Young Children is a 44-page article that explores the concept of discipline conflicts as growing and learning opportunities and provides effective discipline strategies and techniques that are respectful to both you and your child.
Read MoreThis article offers words, skills, techniques and strategies to help strengthen your family bond at mealtimes.
Read MoreThis article explores goals, guidelines, tools, techniques, and emotional issues involved in parent-child separations.
Read MoreSo what happened to my New Year’s resolution? This was going to be the year that I slowed down my entire life.
Read MoreTimes change. But the deep basics of growing children up and growing parents never change. Here are some of my time-honored classics to help.
Read MoreThis article explores goals, guidelines, tools, techniques, and emotional issues involved in parent-child separations at school/daycare drop-off.
Read MoreThis article explores 10 ways to effectively deal with power struggles with your young child.
Read MoreCreative Discipline at Home is a 30-page article that explores the concept of discipline conflicts as growing and learning opportunities and provides effective discipline strategies and techniques that are respectful to both you and your child.
Read MoreThis 22-page article Aggression at Home: A Detailed Plan focuses on a plan for working with children’s verbal and physical aggression and turning that aggression into socially-appropriate verbal expression.
Read MoreThis 23-page article Aggression in Class: A Detailed Plan focuses on a plan for working with children’s verbal and physical aggression and turning that aggression into socially-appropriate verbal expression.
Read MoreChildren’s angry feelings, children’s angry words, and children’s angry actions can be a frequent and upsetting occurrence in families with young children and in classrooms caring for young children. Anger Management for Children explores how parents, teachers, and early childhood professionals can help children deal with their angry feelings.
Read MoreChildren's angry feelings, children's angry words, and children's angry actions can be a frequent and upsetting occurrence in families with young children. Although it's not easy, you can deal effectively with intense confrontations by accepting your child's angry feelings, limiting your child's inappropriate angry behavior, and practicing appropriate angry behavior during rehearsals.
Read MoreThe Surgeon General should put a warning on all electronic screens: The use of electronic devices can be hazardous to your emotional and social health.
Read MoreAn email to Irene from a 2-1/2 year-old boy who dictated his email to his mom:
Hi Ms. Irene,
Are you scared of the monsters?
The end.
L.
Read MoreFor young children, food is love. And the love connection between you, your child, and food is very important. This article explores tips and techniques for creating and strengthening a health relationship with food.
Read MoreConflict situations often arise between a child and their peers or siblings. Conflict situations should be viewed as powerful opportunities for adults to strengthen a child’s communication skills as well as to develop their problem-solving skills.
Read MoreEvery parent-child relationship can be strengthened. Every parent-child relationship hits snags, low-points, and negative patches. This article describes an exercise called The Bread and Butter Technique, a proven strategy to use for everyday interactions and for challenging times.
Read MoreWhether it is a short trip or a long trip, traveling away from your child can be challenging to both you and your child.
Read MoreToilet Training 101 is a 9-page article exploring toilet training with your young child.
Read MoreAt the cornerstone of appropriate behavior is self-control. We want our child to have control over what they say and what they do.
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