Discipline & Behavior, Toddlers 7 Positive Discipline Techniques for Your Parenting Toolbox Understanding Your Child’s Behavior Knowing when and how to set appropriate and effective boundaries with kids is always a challenge.... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Leisure & Vacation Schedules Vs. Free Playtime: How to Help Kids Find the Balance When school restarts after a break or summer, the reality of long structured days and homework-filled evenings starts to sink in. When... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preschool, Toddlers Typical Temper Tantrum or Emotional Trouble? How to Tell the Difference In my experience as both a parent and child psychologist, emotional outbursts are one of the most concerning and frequent issues... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips The Perils of Praise By Joanna Faber and Julie King, authors and workshop leaders at Parents Place Parenting advice can give you whiplash. Be consistent but... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers 5 Proven Ways to Help Your Child Manage Frustration Life is full of challenging feelings, and kids don’t come pre-programmed with frustration management skills! Fortunately, with a... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers Positive Parenting Which tools are in your parenting toolbox? Having worked with families for decades, we are familiar with various approaches to... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers How to Understand and Respond to Your Child’s Behavioral Issues As parents we wish we could subdue our children’s outbursts with a gentle re-direction. In some cases this works beautifully. But,... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips No Such Thing as Perfect: How to Help a Child Struggling with Perfectionism 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... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips Does My Child Need to See a Therapist? 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... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Weathering the Storms of Adolescence: To Hold on or Let Go? During the storms of adolescence it’s a tricky balance for parents to know when to offer support and when to let go. We all want... Continue Reading
