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Dealing with Mom Fears
A long time ago I was fearless. I could swim past the buoys and enjoy the corals of the Red Sea, I could parachute from a plane and...

The Different Sides of Anxiety
Last month's blog was about self-care, and I shared a few tips on the physical and mental ways of dealing with anxiety in adults,...

Modeling Healthy Responses to Stress
Hi parents, We all have been stuck on an emotional roller coaster over the past couple of years. The world keeps throwing up more and...

Myths About Punishment and What to Do Instead (Part 2)
In the previous article I wrote about the myths that surround the need for punishment, whether emotional (ignoring, grounding, or...

Myths About Punishment and What to Do Instead (Part 1)
Psychologists and developmental specialists unanimously agree that punishment is detrimental to a child's development. We’ve all heard...

How to Parent Sanely During the Festive Season
Sane parenting during the silly season sounds like a tall order, but I promise that it's not as difficult as it sounds. I agree that...

Are you an Emotion Dismissing or an Emotion Coaching parent?
We used to think that IQ was a deciding factor in how a child would fare in adulthood. However, many years of research and studies have...

Using Family Meetings as a Positive Parenting Tool
Are family meetings a regular part of the routine at your house? Family meetings can be such a positive part of family life, and can have...

How to Stay Connected with Family Overseas
In these days of COVID-19 travel restrictions, quarantines and lockdowns, many of us have found it difficult or impossible to travel and...

How to Help Your Kids Make Friends
One of the crucial components of friendly relations between people is attachment, to which the famous psychologist J. Bowlby devoted his...

The Hows and Whys of Being in Charge as a Parent
Why is it important for parents to be in charge? The part of the brain dealing with logic and rationality and controlling emotions, the...

The 5Cs of Parenting as a Team with Your Partner
They used to say, “it takes a village to raise a child”. This saying might be a little old fashioned these days with our individualistic...

I Said 'NO'!
- Mom, I am going to play football. - No, you have played enough today. It's already late, now we will do quiet reading, brush teeth and...

Bedtime Battles and How to Avoid Them
The eternal headache of many parents is children's sleep and bedtime battles. Plus, each age has its own challenges: tiny babies suffer...

My Favourite Parenting Books
When my oldest children were very young I remember moving to a new country, leaving behind everyone who was helping me with my kids and...

"When you die, can I take your computer?": How to Talk to Children About Death
"Mum, are you going to die?" My four-year-old son asked me after walking through an old English cemetery with rickety gravestones....

8 Tips to Calmly Handle Sibling Fights
I have three sons and the fights they have with each other are part of our everyday life. All three can quickly become involved in...

10 Tips To Help Parents Stay Sane During Kids' Online Learning
As we are returning to the world of online home-learning, I would like to share a few tips on staying sane. 1. Live Through...

Surviving The Doom of Covid Home Learning
Supporting Young Kids With Home Learning is NOT Easy - But You Can Do It! 2020 has been a very unusual year and one of the hardest things...

Откуда берутся дети-бунтари? 8 советов для уставших родителей
Дети-бунтари приходят, чтобы научить нас взаимодействию и сотрудничеству (ну и терпению, конечно). Чтобы родители могли отработать...