December 2023

“You make such a mess.” “Why don’t you sit quietly?” “Stop shouting.” “Stop jumping.” “You don’t listen to me at all.” “You don’t have any manners!” “Why don’t you share toys?” “You don’t have any patience.” Have you said or thought any of these for your child? A lot

You are playing with your child and you watch your child move away from you and towards something. You realise it’s a glass object which the child never gets to play with and suddenly you realise that the object is

When it comes to dealing with stubbornness, we have already looked at ‘leading with a yes’ and ‘not labelling’ as two important ways. Let’s look at two more. What happens as a result of the crying in the example above is important.

“My child is becoming more and more stubborn by the day” This is the experience of many parents around this time.  Let’s look at a fourfold plan to deal with stubbornness. We are going to use an example of a child who wants

When we speak about our child’s tantrums, we usually use the words ‘throw’.  “Why are you throwing a tantrum?” “No throwing tantrums!” “Why are you doing this?” “Stop!” We also talk about “creating a fuss” or “creating a scene/drama”. This is not only with respect to

When our babies grow up, many parents find themselves wondering what it was that they were so occupied doing during the baby’s first year. Endless things are happening during the first year for us. Here are a few examples. Reorientation to the shifted

“Don’t cry.” “stop crying.” These words are among the most common words used with kids. The truth is that crying is a distinct form of communication which we use from our first day into this world. Additionally, here are few ways in which crying