…their best bet for comfort, contact, and closeness. When helping a child with their goodbyes, we need to ensure we don’t place a peer in place of an adult to…
Have you ever felt like life is spinning around you and you are not sure where you fit or how you fit or even IF you fit, but you can’t…
…a child to capitulate to your demands. It is also important to maintain an alpha position in doing so. For example, “I’m going to give you some time to think…
…be missing, and some we’ll have to recreate in order to adapt to the very odd times we live in. There is much to be thankful for and happy about,…
…a recurrence of bed-wetting, and other symptoms indicative of alarm. Some children are able to voice their worry about not being able to “behave well enough” in the coming week,…
…time of the day or night, always able to interrupt family time, always able to disturb your child’s sleep, always able to distract your child during class time, and always…
…children in these circumstances: alarm and frustration. Alarm is a response to facing any kind of separation and frustration is about not being able to “make things work.” If a…
…play is not just a luxury to be indulged in when times are good; it is actually a way back to yourself when times are hard. In the midst of…
…a child is following us, we are free to take the lead. Of course, our ability to prescribe a child’s behavior will be only as good as the child’s attachment…
As we begin another not-quite-usual holiday season, we wanted to share with you, once again, some seasonal offerings from our homes to yours. In looking at the writings that Neufeld…