What is an alpha complex you may ask? To begin with, there are many faces to the alpha complex. Some alpha children present as bossy and prescriptive, dominating and controlling,…
…problem behaviour. When you need to have a discussion with a sensitive child about their behaviour, it is best to do it outside of the incident, in the context of…
…Whenever we treat bullying as something that has been learned, we miss the emotional piece that underlies it. Bullies are in a flight from vulnerability and cannot tolerate anything that…
…of someone or something and ripping it up Creating a “shit book” (a journal for rants and swear words and other generally unacceptable things) Constructive play can also be a…
…paper stands for a sound, or a number) gave me an advantage over less mature classmates. Contextual thinking also makes it possible to anticipate consequences and thus avoid getting into…
…a proper goodbye. So we did what most parents do intuitively — we had a burial ceremony. We made a cross. We dug a hole. We talked about Trisher and…
…intention for it to become a regular thing. It was the beginning of a new rhythm. The important thing? We are doing this together, my girls and I, and are…
…questions as there are parents and children. Being the answer for your child is a way to turn summer vacation into an enriching experience for yourself and for your child….
…Additionally, “Frustration” would have been a more accurate name for what Pixar coined “Anger”—and would have served as a blame-free word choice, to boot. Likewise, “Alarm” would have been a…
…Bedtime Right presentation, you will have been introduced to these concepts, at least theoretically. We will be following up this presentation with a webinar series of three panels in November…