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4 Ways to Support Your Child in the School Year

4 Ways to Support Your Child in the School Year

by Chris Jones | Sep 20, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, School Challenges

The first weeks of the school year are a time of both excitement and worry for many children. While some kids have been eager to reconnect with their friends and begin the new year, other children become increasingly anxious as the first day of school approaches and...
Creating Family Technology Conversations That Work

Creating Family Technology Conversations That Work

by Chris Jones | Sep 7, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Technology

It’s not always easy talking about technology, screen-time, and media choices with our children and teens. Read on for suggestions from Mindful Digital Life’s Claudia L’Amoreaux. For many parents, a “Trial and Error” approach is our default,...
How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the First Weeks of Parenthood (Hint: Prioritize!)

How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the First Weeks of Parenthood (Hint: Prioritize!)

by Chris Jones | Aug 13, 2018 | Birth - First Year, Parenting Tips

While early days with a newborn can be exhilarating, they can also be exhausting and unpredictable. Baby’s circadian rhythm is “upside down” —they want to sleep all day and feed all night. This “upside down-ness” can leave newborns too sleepy to eat during the...
Positive Parenting

Positive Parenting

by Chris Jones | Jul 31, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers

Which tools are in your parenting toolbox? Having worked with families for decades, we are familiar with various approaches to parenting, discipline, and guidance. The best approaches derive from our understanding of children’s brain development and either provide...
How to Understand and Respond to Your Child’s Behavioral Issues

How to Understand and Respond to Your Child’s Behavioral Issues

by Chris Jones | Jul 16, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers

As parents we wish we could subdue our children’s outbursts with a gentle re-direction. In some cases this works beautifully. But, in other cases it fails miserably, and the behavior we are wishing to stop increases. One important key to stopping unwanted...
No Such Thing as Perfect: How to Help a Child Struggling with Perfectionism

No Such Thing as Perfect: How to Help a Child Struggling with Perfectionism

by Chris Jones | Jul 2, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips

Picture a child who keeps a tidy, well-organized desk in class, a remarkably clean bedroom at home, makes sure his or her homework is perfectly neat and accurate, sets high goals, and expects the best from him or herself every time. The “perfect” child! So what could...
Does My Child Need to See a Therapist?

Does My Child Need to See a Therapist?

by Chris Jones | Jun 21, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips

Soon after I had my first child, I remember passing a billboard with a baby sitting in a diaper that said “These don’t come with instructions.” At the time I only had the smallest idea of just how true that was. As parents our job is complex—how do we nurture...
Positive Re-Direction—The Most Valuable Tool in Your Parenting Toolbox

Positive Re-Direction—The Most Valuable Tool in Your Parenting Toolbox

by Chris Jones | Jun 11, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers

Your 14-month-old is climbing on a chair and you are afraid that she will fall and hurt herself. Your 3-year-old is playing in the sand area at the park, throwing the sand in the air, and showering other kids with sand. Your 6-year-old is running around the house like...
Rabbit Hole This Way …

Rabbit Hole This Way …

by Chris Jones | Jun 4, 2018 | Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology

How to Help Your Kids Manage the Pull of Technology The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down what seemed to...
Giving Your Child Feedback? Read This Feedback First

Giving Your Child Feedback? Read This Feedback First

by Chris Jones | May 7, 2018 | Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips

How often do you find yourself giving your child a compliment in preparation for a criticism? “I love that enthusiasm, but please keep your voice down.” “Thank you for clearing the table, but next time do it the first time I ask.” Beloved family therapist Dr. Sal...
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