…common the phenomenon and how universal the drive, there still seems to be a vast cloud of confusion surrounding it. Coupling can be a source of unbearable suffering or significant…
…whether it is particles that combine into atoms, elements that merge into compounds, seeds that attach by their roots, humans that couple up to make babies, and of course, the…
…coming from within the child to construct, build, create, and so on. This type of play is called emergent play and in this state you see curiosity, imagination, and sense…
…our family. This can leave us in gut-wrenching contortions, searching for that perfect gift, panicked inside the feeling that we will come up short. Even when we do keep ahead,…
…alarm and frustration had escalated to the point that it was impossible to get him to do anything. Any request coming from an adult was welcomed with the exact opposite…
…but not an easy one to support. The first key for supporting healthy development is in helping the child’s brain come to rest. When the demands of school pressure a…
…students in the days before computers, and he knew the human face that went with each schedule. He was also the self-appointed (and unofficial) teacher who brought those of us…
…me finding where we stashed all the Christmas regalia from last year, trying to remember how to put the tree together (one of those really fake ones complete with artificial…
…take them until well into their twenties to complete. And it is the pre-frontal cortex that enables us to keep both our needs and the needs of others in mind…
…involvement in this work, so her comment was all the more compelling. I don’t think many Canadian parents would disagree with the idea that what a child needs most is…