…the adults to find a way to help the child to do better. Parents may need to put children to bed earlier and find routines that help them to be…
…an opportunity to dive deeper in to the practice of facilitating play for others – whatever your role – starting online in February 2024. For more information: https://neufeldinstitute.org/event/playful-facilitation-module-putting-play-into-practice/ And to…
…excerpt on scripting is from Dr. Neufeld’s book Hold On To Your Kids. To script a child’s behavior is to provide the cues for what to do and how to do…
…were kept at bay. A bounded space where I had freedom within to move, to rest, to play, to create, to be present with my family. The paradox of the…
…As I listen to their emotional injuries, my balm is to tell them not to take it into their heart, and to look at me, the one who knows them…
…his mother used to eat ferns when she was little. It explains so much.) He learned because he wanted to know more, and he knew who to go to for…
…into a counterwill battle with a child, then it is often better to take a tactical retreat to prevent wounding to the relationship and to avoid using force to get…
…you try to teach a bully to be more sensitive to other people’s feelings and to respond with empathy, you can actually make them more effective at exploiting people emotionally….
…our children to depend on us in ways that make us irreplaceable. We need to be the ones to listen to their stories, to impart our values, and to teach…
I was recently asked to give the keynote address for a Behaviour Summit organized by the Eastern Townships School Board in Quebec. They called together all of their stakeholders: directors,…