This post is about how to “be” with your child throughout the school year to support the development of their self-confidence. Emotions are contagious so you want to get your own feelings taken care of …take the time to reflect on your own school experiences and your “just get through it years” if you had …
JUMPING As A Pro-active Intervention to Release Big Energy Before It Gets Out of Control and Makes Everybody Unhappy In this these two video clips we wanted to show you the merits of “jumping” a high-energy kid so they are more attentive to you and can release some energy in an acceptable way. Jumping is great …
The video above stands by itself as an educational piece but if you want more information and ways to USE what is being demonstrated then read this post. As family counselors we have the good fortune to work with many wonderful families who co-design with us their own successful programs to handle the problems they …
Parents don’t agree on everything and they certainly don’t need to. But one dream that we all share is that our children enjoy emotional safety. I’m a parent and a grandparent and an author of a parenting book, yet I’ve never let these words roll off my tongue. Still if I describe emotional safety, I …
We asked Sawyer Farnan to make a video “letter” to parents of ADHD children. Sawyer is an 11-year-old boy with ADHD who was willing to pass on his hard-earned wisdom to any young kids who have been diagnosed with ADHD — or whose parents suspect that their child’s impulsivity and hyperactivity might be ADHD. We …
One of the things I loved about this anecdote is that the young man could remember what his mother has said to him 20 plus years later. Because she gave him a visceral experience that she respected what he wanted as much or more than what she wanted. She was assertive about her concerns …