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Parenting A Sensitive And Strong-Willed Child

Raising a strong-willed child? You're not alone. Gain access to tools that help you validate the emotions fueling their meltdown, plus tangible tips to redirect hitting, kicking, spitting, power struggles, and other challenging behaviors.

5 Simple Daily Mindful Moments For Parents

Whether the kid crew is acting mild or wild, chances are, your days would go a little more smoothly if you started and ended them with a few simple mindful moments. Here are 5 daily mindful moments you can add in (not on) to your day to have less yelling...

Using A Feelings Chart To Teach Emotions

If you feel like you are learning about emotional regulation right alongside your child, it’s because, very likely, you are. Here's how to use a feelings chart to teach your kids (and yourself) about emotions and calming strategies to decrease tantrums and nurture emotional intelligence.

Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys

Forcing boys to repress their emotions is quite literally killing them, leaving lasting mental and physical health implications. Here are 4 things we can do to free our boys and men from social constructs of man up, toughen up, and dry up.

The Battle Between Positive and Negative Reinforcement

We parents have long searched for a solution when it comes to behavior modification, asking ourselves, which is more effective, positive or negative reinforcement? We have the scoop here.

Sixteen-Year-Old's Poem on Being A Man Challenges Definitions of Masculinity

Sixteen-year-old Simar Singh shares his poem "How To Be A Man" to shine light on what happens when we tell young boys it is wrong, unsafe, and weak to feel. He challenges the socially constructed notions attached to manhood to change the narrative while raising awareness about mental disorders, especially depression.

Mom Of Two Advocates For Her Neurodiverse Daughters

Natasha is a mama of two neurodiverse daughters and she has one big focus: teaching her girls social-emotional skills, not only to help them express themselves but to advocate for themselves.

That's Not How I Was Parented

We took a look at common parenting practices of the past to compare how we were parented to how we parent. And here is what we found.

The Myth of Self-Regulation

Self-regulation is a myth. Regulation is never about the self because we are always drawing on internal representations of what we have previously experienced in relationships. So, before our kids can self-regulate, they must first learn to co-regulate. Here's how.

My Mom-Fail Turned My Toddlers Into Teachers

This mom shares how her two toddlers taught her a beautiful lesson in the face of her mom-fail using their family Calming Corner.

How To Heal Your Inner Child While Raising One

Often, when punitive measures were used to reform our behaviors as children, it can be a challenge to step outside controlling, demanding, and commanding our kids, especially in the face of big emotions and misbehavior. So, how do we heal the child within while raising children? Here are 3 tools.

Behavior Charts for Kids: Do They Work?

Behavior charts track behavior, but do they work in actually reforming it? Parents and educators can use this instead to nurture children's social-emotional skills and guide behaviors. Read more.

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Parenting A Sensitive And Strong-Willed Child

5 Simple Daily Mindful Moments For Parents

Using A Feelings Chart To Teach Emotions

Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys

The Battle Between Positive and Negative Reinforcement

Sixteen-Year-Old's Poem on Being A Man Challenges Definitions of Masculinity

Mom Of Two Advocates For Her Neurodiverse Daughters

That's Not How I Was Parented

The Myth of Self-Regulation

My Mom-Fail Turned My Toddlers Into Teachers

How To Heal Your Inner Child While Raising One

Behavior Charts for Kids: Do They Work?

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.