Your kids need you to be calm and self-controlled… but strong. So enter with confident — even loud — empathy!
When Out-of-Control Kids Can’t Hear Your Gentle Voice
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Anxiety and Control: How to Break the Cycle as a Parent
Our well-intentioned concern may rob our kids of the encouragement and independence they so desperately need.
Don’t Stuff Your Kids’ Feelings
How to help your child grow in emotional intelligence — the ability to name and express hard feelings.
Your Child’s Misbehaviour: A Cry for Help?
It may be that your child is simply feeling discouraged, anxious, tired, hungry, or afraid.
Communicate Love to Your Kids. Use Words When Necessary.
Sometimes we can say everything we need to — without words.
A Better Way to Respond to Tantrums
Learning to respond to a child’s meltdown with confident compassion instead of condescension, control, or cowering.