☑️ I recently found out about this app called Wondergrade and it has been a welcome change from so many apps on the market. It's designed …
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Friday Favorites #6
☑️ I've been reading this new book, The Scaffold Effect, and it is off to a great start. The author is a child and adolescent psychiatrist …
Parenting Tips to Try When Nothing Else Seems to Work
Sneak peek: Parenting tips to help you understand the "why" behind your child's behavior. Positive parenting tips and ideas to try when …
Friday Favorites #2
☑️ There were a few podcasts that helped get my boys (and me) through months of long days at home (thanks to the pandemic). Three of our …
How to Parent Toddlers with Respect and Empathy
Toddlerhood is such an interesting, challenging, emotion-provoking, fascinating phase of development. It emerges just about the time we …
Getting to the Bottom of Emotional Outbursts—and Then Turning the Corner
Note: I'm thrilled to feature fellow parenting writer and podcast host Jen Lumanlan as a guest writer for this post on something we all deal …
A Research-Backed Way to Handle Tantrums so They Diminish Sooner
Sneak peek: Toddler tantrums are normal but very frustrating. Research helps guide us in a slightly unconventional way on how to deal with …
Friday Favorites #1
☑️ Everyone in our house is enjoying this window bird feeder we just got. Such a simple idea, I can't believe I hadn't seen it …
What I Learned from MLK about Emotional Regulation (for Adults and Kids)
{Sneak peek: Fostering emotional self-regulation in children can be one of our most important parenting responsibilities. It's not always …