I keep waiting for someone to ask me this. Not even when writing Hold On To Your Kids, over 20 years ago now, did anyone ask me – not my editors or…
…rest and invitation where their acceptance and value is not based on their achievements. It is true that not every child has this kind of home, but if they do,…
…and continues as children are moved to test the waters and develop their own ways of navigating life’s challenges. However, as we now know from the newest brain research, this…
…some parenting literature, used here as a descriptive metaphor with care that it not become a label. Approximately one in five children are more affected or stirred up by…
…child’ is based on language that has been traditionally used in some parenting literature, used here as a descriptive metaphor with care that it not become a label. What…
…the safety of knowing. My mother died suddenly in April of this year. Now, we face December 25th just around the corner with a lonely feeling of disorientation … we…
…am reminded of what an important gift maturity is – I cannot buy it for my children, I cannot give them a pill to get there, and no amount of…
…to ask yourself whether or not they want to. If they don’t then working with exposing them but not pushing, setting the stage but not rewarding accomplishment over initiative can…
…story without the crucial elements added by the pictures. Gail’s keen artist’s eye would notice details in the illustrations that my perspective, prone to getting swept up by the words,…
…learning. All play is not created equal; it’s not about the toys, the stimulation, and the entertainment. The type of play that their brains need is where the energy is…