Awareness and planning can go a long way in navigating the holidays with young children, creating fun and memorable experiences for everyone

Gift guide of open-ended, developmentally appropriate toys and experiences that will nurture your child’s creativity, curiosity and learning

With intention you can influence what pathways are strengthened in your child's brain, nurturing resilience and well-being.

Getting to really know your child's developmental level, temperament and interests is important to support their development of identity.

Parents can nurture the gift of resilience with knowledge of brain development, repeated experience and secure attachment.

This blog post is the condensed version of my why for The Child and Parent Resilience Blog.

This blog post, explores why children often struggle to follow the rules they already know, and some strategies to encourage cooperation.

This blog posts examines what has changed in parenting from the 90's to now. Current trends focus on new research about how children develop

For children, crying, clinging and meltdowns can be normal expressions of feelings associated with being apart from a loved one.

Tips and tricks for parents to support their young child's transition to school. Practical strategies to assure a successful start to school

Setting the stage for a successful school start with social-emotional readiness. Strategies to nurture emotion awareness with young children

Tips for planning a successful vacation with young children. Consider your child's temperament, developmental level and current state when p

Strategies to avoid power struggles with your tween or teen and teach valuable life lessons.

Strategies to encourage co-operation and avoid power struggles with young children

Power Struggles - There Are No Winners Power struggles occur when a child is determined to have their way and the parent insists on...

Good job! That makes me so happy! You are so smart! I love your picture! All of that positive praise must be good … right? What if I told...

How To Nurture Intrinsic Motivation In the previous blog post I explained the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic...

The intrinsic motivation to learn about the world around us begins in infancy. My 7 month old granddaughter explores for the pure...

When you work with natural tendencies things can go easier for you and your child.

Feelings are a window into the inner thoughts and perspective of the child. When an adult attunes to the feelings of a child, that child...