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Keeping Siblings from Each Other's Throats During Quarantine Forced Togetherness "One of my children is having such a hard time that he's making everyone in the family miserable. How do we keep our kids from each others' throats when we're all home, all the time?!"

Empathy: Foundation of Emotional Health What empathy is, how it wires your child's brain for emotional health, and how to do it.

This is Why You Lose it With Your Kids Have you ever lost it with your child over something and not understood why? Why your son’s clinginess on a playdate drives you crazy? Why you snap if you see your oldest daughter hit your youngest? Why your blood races when your baby won't stop crying? Despite your best intentions to

When Your Child Screams “Go Away,” Should You? As parents, we want nothing more than to help our kids feel loved and nurtured. When they are upset, every cell in our bodies leans towards making them feel better. We ache to have the upset stop and to do this, we use a calm voice, a warm hug. Yet often, in the throws of their upset, kids throw

7 Reasons Kids Need Us to Disagree - Janet Lansbury It can be our tendency as parents to avoid conflict with our children. But disagreements are a natural part of our parent/child relationship and a healthy (though seldom fun) interaction. The irony is that if we practice the art of respectful disagreement, our relationship will strengthen, deepen, a...

What To Do About A Toddler Toy Taker? - Janet Lansbury She’s bold, bright, a leader – no wallflower this girl. She’s eager to connect with her peers, and a simple hello isn’t enough. She wants their attention. She wants interaction. And, ideally, she wants a reaction. Naturally, her social skills are a work in progress, and while she’s learnin...

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What to Say When Kids Ask Hard Questions, or When They Know Things Aren't 'Right' - Hey Sigmund It can be difficult to know what to say when kids ask hard questions or when families are facing challenge. Here's how.

Kindness Vs. Cruelty: Helping Kids Hear The Better Angels Of Their Nature A hardwired, us-vs.-them mentality can easily pull kids away from kindness, toward cruelty. Here's what parents can do about it.