Results for "6" Attention seeking behaviour comes in many forms. Some behaviours are healthy such as asking if someone has time to talk, asking a friend to play, or waving to a parent from across the room. Other forms of attention seeking behaviour are not...
When will my baby start to understand the word “no”? This is a very common question among parents with babies around 6 – 18 months, who are just starting to be able to discover the world for the very first time. For these kiddos, everything is fun!...
The Unintended Consequence of the Peaceful Parenting Movement Back in the early days of my undergraduate social work program, we learned about “intended” and “unintended” consequences. Intended consequences are what you expected to happen. For example, someone starts...
Your toddler’s meltdown is ok. It doesn’t mean you are a bad parent, that you are missing a piece of critical information about toddlers, or that your toddler is a crazy savage trying to drive you crazy (even though it may feel like it sometimes). ...
How To Stop Yelling (And Other Knee-Jerk Reactions) Help me stop yelling at my kids, help me have less knee-jerk reactions, help me stop reacting in the moment. Many people ask me how to stop repeating behaviors that seem to happen automatically. To do this, a level...
