…was a difficult pill for me to swallow. After my initial alarm and dismay at hearing about my son’s behavioral missteps subsided, I moved to find out what was not…
…Series for those who were unable to attend. And in keeping with this perspective on mental health, our upcoming conference theme will be ‘The Current Crisis of Well-Being.’ https://neufeldinstitute.org/seminars-and-webinars/ https://neufeldinstitute.org/resources/free/…
…the frustration comes out through a playful pillow fight, sword fight, or nerf gun battle. When it comes out through play like this, the relationship is preserved in that all…
…immediate. Occasionally, however, this arrangement backfired. It seemed to me that one of the primary reasons for the failure of home education as a prescription was when the child somehow…
Editor’s Note: Thanks to, and appreciation for, Dr. Neufeld, who has written our 101st editorial – a measure of maturation for the Neufeld Institute as an organization – on the…
Re-entry has begun and we are now preparing to return to parts of our lives, like work and schooling, without knowing exactly what this looks like. How do we lead…
…their hearts need to remain soft so they can feel and grieve and love and care. When the defenses are evoked too often for too long, the brain will become…
…be responsible for ensuring their tears still flow and they have a soft place to land when the world feels too much. 3. The more sensitive the child, the…
…as to where evil came from, where the threat lie, who were the enemy. Polarized attitudes come rather naturally to a preschooler mentality, whatever the age, with or without the…
…– a day without agendas, without “shoulds,” without email, without anything that feels like work… a day for family. This has been one of the hardest things to do and…