When Validating Your Child’s Feelings Backfire and What To Do Instead
You hear the words, “Validate your child’s feelings” all the time in today’s society. It’s so common that it seems like the key to fixing every conflict between you and your child is “validate their feelings”. Yet, do you often find validating your child’s feelings isn’t working the way you want it to?
5 Tips to Support and Minimize Separation Anxiety and Raise Mental and Emotional Resilience in Infants & Toddlers
One of my first experiences working with infants and toddlers was an internship in an early education program for children 0-3 years old. I was 19 years old walking into orientation and in complete awe of the beautiful classroom I would be working in that following month.
How to Encourage Independent Play (Infants, Toddlers + Preschoolers)
The year was 2005. I was working in an early childhood education classroom that was built on one of the largest college campuses in the world. The classroom was designed for young children- soft spaces, rounded corners, sandboxes and shade, low shelves for toys, and resilient flooring in the play yard.
What’s Stopping You from Disciplining Your Kids Effectively?
Are you tired of feeling guilty or frustrated when it comes to disciplining your child? You want your child to practice self-control and follow your directions, but every time you set boundaries, your child gets upset.
3 Parenting Habits to Effectively Discipline Toddlers and Preschoolers
Toddlers and preschoolers are at an age where they are wrestling with a mix of emotions and impulses, pushing limits, and exploring their independence and abilities.
Remembering My Dad: A Lesson on Quality Time
“Nothing compares to the quality of time you give.” That was my father’s philosophy. He died on the morning of December 27, 2017 from liver cancer, and as I stood beside him
8 Tips for Creating Peaceful Mealtimes with Toddlers
I grew up in a household where mealtime was treated as sacred family time- my mom, dad, me, and my younger brother together.
Toddlers’ Aggressive Behavior With Other Children
I really had to commend this father for asking for help and being open and honest about his frustrations. A situation like this, for any parent, can be so difficult
Overcoming Your Fears In Raising Children
Have you ever had that horrible feeling come over you when you have stopped your child from doing something and he cries or throws a fit? Or that feeling of ‘what’s wrong with me?