Jennifer Kolari, author of her recently released parenting book “Connected Parenting“, posted a blog worth reading on justthefactsbaby.com. The blog entitled “And you thought you were just playing peek-a-boo” states that parents playing the age old peek-a-boo with their baby are in fact creating something quite wonderful. This “mirroring” interaction soothes and calms our baby [...]

Check out a lovely article in the NCAdvertiser.com written by Julie Butler Evans entitled “Parenting from the trenches – Learning the life lesson of letting go.” Julie beautifully describes the dilemma that many parents face. She says that knowing when and how to draw the line between holding on to our kids and letting go [...]

Although concepts of emotional intelligence are evident in literature as far back as the early 1900’s, Daniel Goleman was the first to popularize this idea in 1995 with his book “Emotional Intelligence”. The belief that improving emotional intelligence can improve overall success in life grabbed the attention of the western world.

I read a great article in examiner.com entitled “Parenting Intervention for School Bullying,” written by Kara Tamanini (@KidTherapist). Our kids are back at school and bullying is something that, unfortunately, many have to face. The more that parents familiarize themselves with all aspects of bullying, the greater chance we have to diminish it’s tentacles. Some [...]

We usually think of bullying as physical aggression such as punching, hitting, shoving, but it’s way beyond that. If your kid is being bullied or harassed that means his friend or peers are hurting him intentionally. As a result, your son or daughter feels powerless, helpless, humiliated, shamed, and hopeless about the whole situation.

Parents will spend hours, days, and often months thinking of a name for their unborn child. It can be an agonizing and often unpleasant experience for many. The permanence of the decision feels overwhelming and we feel a weight of responsibility as we ponder the issues of name suitability. We often want uniqueness and conformity [...]

I came across a beautifully written article by author Leslie Gilbert-Lurie in the Huffington Post called “10 Ways to Minimize Your Child’s Stress.” Leslie is a daughter of a Holocaust survivor and talks about the stress that can be passed on from generation to generation. She has wonderful suggestions for dealing with this and other [...]

I felt a sadness and a quiet desperation when I read an article in parentcentral.ca by Joseph Hall called “Children Feel Weight of Body Image.” He discusses the tragic obsession about body image and weight in our youth. Nothing new except that the study under discussion looked at about 4,200 children from Nova Scotia and [...]

If it was possible to pass on just one piece of advice from the wisdom I have gained from parenting, it would be this: Embrace your child’s anxiety.

Many parents don’t do this because they hold two mistaken beliefs. First, they believe that it is their responsibility to make their child happy; and second, they believe that feelings of anxiety in their child means that they have failed somehow.

I came across a great article entitled “Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos” on Mashable – The Social Media Guide. It was written by Jeana Lee Thnk. Jeana has researched sites that give parenting advice using how-to videos. I find this a wonderful connected way of communication. The videos from these sites that I [...]