What exactly does it mean to respond, rather than react? When we react, our nervous system is taking over without our permission. Our primitive reflexes have kicked in. We all know what this experience is like. Before we realize it, our body seems to be...
Coping skills are so important. You work hard as parents to teach your children how to handle their big feelings during challenging episodes. The only time to really teach these skills is outside the heat of the moment, when you can communicate with your child's...
Happiness comes only after your brain believes that you are safe. This is true for all humans and profoundly true for children. This is such an obvious, yet complex concept, and of course, we are talking about emotional safety in relationships, not physical safety. That...
The parenting life goes so slow and so fast at the same time. I am sure you have had the experience of days that drag on forever, swamped by the multitude of tasks of parents.