…looked up at me, and then holding up a pigeon feather she had found in the yard, said “look at my feather, Mama”, and without any warning, aggressively roughed it…
…experience the physical manifestations of alarm, such as restlessness and agitation without consciously feeling alarmed at all. When defenses go very deep, we are left with kids who are not…
…is interrupted and they pursue our applause and attention instead. I have experienced this even as an adult. My husband and I took up ballroom dancing once. My husband turned…
…cultural wisdom and the absence of customs that innately serve to preserve relationships and community, I am also energized by the challenge to create my own customs. These are not…
…using your hands.” We have an arts and crafts table where they can paint and decorate dreidels and small clay flasks and a lively Chanukah trivia quiz. Last year the…
And as a parent you likely will have discovered by now that people feel no shyness about commenting critically about your child’s behaviour and the way you are dealing with…
…daughter did go visit her grandparents, and her experience was authentic, ambivalent, and successful; she had a wonderful time, her heart stayed soft, and each night at bedtime the monsters…
…easy. When I look at my life in terms of realizing my full potential as a human being, this is another story altogether. I feel like I am only at…
…many responsibilities often distract us from collecting our children and keeping them close. Just as the quarks of the atom rush to attach to other quarks when they are separated…
…paper stands for a sound, or a number) gave me an advantage over less mature classmates. Contextual thinking also makes it possible to anticipate consequences and thus avoid getting into…