Parents of preschoolers (ages 5 and less): Many people are busting out with fancy workbooks and flash cards and whatnots for their young kids.
If you’re here, consider yourself released from the pressure of following this trend.
Unlike popular opinion- early start in academics does more...
Some aggression and "defiance" in toddlers is age-appropriate, normal and healthy and should be met with clear boundaries set with acknowledgement of their struggle.
For example: Your toddler starts hitting you when you tell him he can't use your lipstick, you simply take the lipstick and...
I’m 2 now!
I’m a big boy!
I feel like I have a shiny new brain because I have so many new thoughts like I never did before!
The coolest thought I have is that I’m a whole different person. I used to think me and my mom and dad are the same, but now I know I’m my own...
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi
The ego is the walls you created to defend yourself from pain and shame.
You weren't allowed to cry or be upset about things that hurt you, and the walls made it easy to keep out the feelings that might trigger that shame that came...
I recently had a consult with a lovely couple who have a toddler. I was coaching the father through what he might say to their not yet 2yo toddler when he’s upset, and the father said, “Of course it’s not just my words.. he will understand my tone and body...
Respectful Parenting more than anything else is taking care of our kids’ most important organ- the brain. And in the process, also healing our own brains.
What a fabulously remarkable thing!
How do we do this, you ask? Here are a few of the ways we do this.
When kids are born, their brain...
Our biggest complaint as parents is that kids don’t listen. Why DON’T they listen?
Because their brains are too immature to grasp what we want them to do even if they seem to understand our words (do you remember your college professor lecturing you on that complex calculus problem...
We have lots of labels for how kids talk.
They raise their voice in frustration and we call them disrespectful.
They say no when we ask them to do something and we call them disobedient.
They ask us for another toy and we tell them they’re spoilt.
They complain to us...
“Why is my baby/toddler so clingy? She won’t let me do anything or go anywhere! I’m so exhausted!”
To answer this question, I will be going into full on nerd mode ? So you’ve been warned!
Can you differentiate between the two lemurs in the...
“If I just help them whenever they don’t listen to me, and if I don’t punish them or have consequences when they don’t listen, how will they learn?”
1- Deep breath; they WILL learn.
2- They’ll learn when their brain is more mature, when the neurons...