…press pause and catch up with myself. And so here, more than a decade after those initial rumblings, I find myself sitting at the beginning of an experiment. An experiment…
…our power to parent. Being aware of these phenomena can help us act proactively and seek alternatives, such building a village of attachment through building a community where children and…
…normality. If we don’t recognize the problem for what it is, how are we ever going to effectively address it? American poet and activist Robert Bly sounded the alarm about…
…magic and awe, feasting and fulfillment. Our hopes and expectations automatically highlight any lack there may be. With years, these losses accumulate. Warm childhood memories of celebration and connectedness are…
There is a plethora of advice these days emerging on HOW to turn one’s home into a school. The underlying assumption is that it is indeed in a child’s best…
…and playing. When we communicate information to a child that might alarm them it is best to do this in a matter of fact and non-alarming tone and manner. For…
…a central conclusion of everything developmental science can teach us: Children are not born “adult-ish.” They cannot learn adultish-ness. Mature experience and acting cannot be enforced. Narrow act-as-if-mature behaviour traits…
…when teachers are faced with an unruly and difficult-to-manage group of students they want to find an effective and fast-acting solution. After all, if students constantly interrupt, don’t follow directions,…
What do anxiety, attention problems, bullying, and adrenaline-seeking all have in common? Although these stories all seem to be coming from a different place, there is a shared thread between…
…alarming feelings, fueling nightmares, and obsessions and phobias and all manner of anxiety-driven behaviour. Again, this is daunting enough when anticipated, but can often overwhelm when caught by surprise. Alarming…