Taming Tweens: Tips for Dealing with 11-13 Year Olds
Do you have a tween? A person who is not yet a teenager nor still the little sweet child they once were. Mood swings, bursts of anger,...
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Supporting Your Child's Mental Health
October is Depression and Mental Health Awareness Month and October 10th is WHO World Mental Health Day, so I want to share a few tips as...
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 1)
Psychologists and developmental specialists unanimously agree that punishment is detrimental to a child's development. We’ve all heard...
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...
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...
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...
What to do with rebel children? 8 great tips for tired parents
What to do with rebel children? 8 great tips for tired parents Rebel children come to teach us about interaction and cooperation (and...
Saying goodbyes to little ones
Today I want to talk about how mom can say goodbye to her very young children when she needs to leave them for a short time. Maybe mom is...
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