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Coping with Parenting Stress
Parenting is a profound journey filled with joy, but it can also bring significant stress. As parents, we aren’t invincible. Despite our love for our children, we can’t always be at our best. We can’t escape the reality that we are human and stress affects our bodies,...
Navigating Social Dynamics: A Summer Guide
As the summer approaches, kids will have more free time to play in shared spaces with peers. Playgrounds and other shared spaces can give children endless opportunities to learn and practice social skills. Here are some things to think about as summer approaches: What...
Building an After-School Routine
Returning home from school and other activities can be a difficult transition. This is especially true for children who may be overstimulated, over-tired, or struggling with learning or social skills. Children who are on their best behavior all day may have a hard...
Embracing Flexibility During the Holidays
The holiday season often carries many meanings and cherished traditions. Naturally, we strive for these occasions to unfold just as we envision. We anticipate certain rituals, yearn for our children to share in our joy, and wish for everything to align perfectly....
How We Talk To Kids: Instructions, Questions or Statements
Noticing and being intentional about how you communicate can lead to better results within all relationships and especially between parents and children. How we talk to our kids can have a big impact on their behavior and our relationship. Different situations call...
Understanding, Accepting and Celebrating Neurodiversity
When it comes to understanding behavior, it is important we consider how different abilities and neurotypes can affect people's behavior. Understanding, accepting and celebrating neurodiversity is a valuable part of supporting and helping others. Understanding...
Understanding Behavior: Why so many answers start with, “It depends…”
As humans we want clear, black and white answers to our questions. We want to identify the problem, find and execute the solution. However, for most things (especially when it comes to parenting) there usually is not an easy answer. I hear many parents ask the...
Lessons from the Skies: A Hot Air Balloon Metaphor
Growing up with a dad who was a hot air balloon pilot meant I had many experiences in the sky. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized how out of the ordinary this actually was. For me, it was a normal thing we did every calm summer evening; Soft Skies Balloon...
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Why it is useful for Parents
Contextual Behavioral Science is a new form of behavior science that is grounded in a contextual view of life which seeks to develop concepts and methods that are useful in predicting and influencing the actions of an individual or group. Contextual Behavioral Science...
Parenting by Example
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.” -Brené Brown, Daring Greatly Brené Brown wrote a beautiful Parenting Manifesto called Whole Hearted Parenting which outlines the...
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