You Can't Spoil A Baby With Your Love
Keep holding them. Keep tending to their needs. Keep doing what feels right. It is impossible for you to spoil them with love.
Make Connection a Habit
Brain Development
Our Children May Be Self-Centered, But They Aren't Selfish
Every time our child snatches a toy or melts down or forgets to say “thank you,” we worry our children will grow to be disrespectful, which motivates us to teach the lesson. But when we understand brain development, we can approach these situations in ways that build the skills without...
Building A Resilient Brain Through Spirituality
So many of us are here, questioning if we are “too broken” and “not enough” while equal parts terrified that we will “ruin our children” while also desperately trying to do things differently than were done to us. Maybe this one thing is the answer to our mental health crisis.
Wholeheartedly Accepting and Supporting Neurodiverse Families
What is neurodiversity and how do we move from awareness to acceptance to advocating for in small everyday moments?
Helping Your Highly Sensitive Child Gain Confidence
When our children are highly sensitive, rejection and criticism hurt more deeply. They get embarrassed easily and have strong emotional reactions, which can make them the target for bullying. Here are 5 tools to boost your child's confidence.
The Harm Of Forcing Manners On Our Children (And What To Do Instead)
If we want to step away from punitive measures and towards a deep understanding of manners, and an internal motivation to practice them, it stops with “say the magic word” or “say you are sorry” or “what do you say???” And it starts with these 5 tools.
Three Words Our Kids Need To Hear
Looking to decrease power struggles, meltdowns, and "defiance"? These are the three words that your child needs to hear.
The Importance Of An Apology To A Child's Self-Worth
When we choose image maintenance over connection, we actually hurt our relationship with our children. Here's why apologizing to our children is one of the most important things we can do.
Your Words Affect Your Child’s Brain
Are we collectively destroying the potential of a generation with our mouths?
As parents, we hold many of the keys to our children’s futures. These keys are the words we speak to them.
Why Does My Teen Do That?!
The teenage years are a critical time period for brain growth. The physiological changes that take place in adolescence cause behaviors that are often misunderstood. We explain them here.
Helping Teens Cope with Holiday Stress
As our children grow up and the pure wonder and excitement of the holidays wane, adolescents often experience an uptick in stress and anxiety during the holiday season. What can parents do?
De-escalation Strategies For Jingled Out Kids
December is a sensory-overload kind of month. It’s loud. It’s busy. It’s flashy. For a lot of kids, it can be so overwhelming that they may just jingle all the way to a meltdown. For this reason, it’s good to have a few de-escalation strategies in mind. Here are 5.
