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The Gift of a Thousand Tantrums
Photo (C) Jason M 2010 This morning Brook, my mostly mild-mannered four-year-old, had a huge tantrum. We were just about to get in the car and join our friends on a hike. It all seemed to be going as...
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We Cancel Christmas Presents
I’m a single mother. I have very little money — sometimes it’s a struggle just to pay the rent. Last year, my parents were going to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in New York, and our...
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Thumb-sucking and Holding Feelings Inside
We have raised my 6-year old daughter with Parenting by Connection ideas. One of my daughter’s friends sucks his thumb often. Suddenly, she began experimenting with sucking her thumb—she had never used...
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More Free Teleseminars from Hand in Hand
Free Teleseminar: Meltdowns and Shutdowns Led by Kirsten Nottleson and Patty Wipfler Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6 – 7 pm PST Children’s emotional outbursts cause some of the most difficult moments in...
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Listening through a Homework Challenge
My daughter was given a month to learn all the states and their capitals. She’s in fifth grade. About two weeks before the due date, she had learned some states, but not many, and I made the suggestion...
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Transitioning from TV
(C) Wynand Delport 2008 I believe the studies that suggest that TV isn’t really helpful for children because such passivity occurs for the viewer. Yet, I’d let the viewing get out of hand during a...
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Special Time and Spelling
(C) Cecile Graat 2009 Halfway through the first grade, my 7-year-old did not want to write or spell at home or school anymore. This was new for him. It seemed to me like the expectations for the first...
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Staylistening and Playground Politics
Antics on the playground can lead to solid cries at home One afternoon when I was picking up my 1st grader from school, his friends told me he had a bad day. According to them, he was tripped many...
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Starting Kindergarten
(C) Cienpies Design 2009 My five-year-old started kindergarten last week and he is almost finished with his second week. It wasn’t an easy transition for him and here is how we supported him using...
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Listening to Tears Before School
One morning while clipping my daughter’s nails I made the comment, “Oh, I think I clipped that one too short.” It wasn’t a big deal at first since it didn’t hurt. (If I hadn’t of said anything my...
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