Dad Lets Go of Stress So Everyone Can Play
Sometimes all it takes to lift your partner’s spirits is to really focus on them and just listen. A few minutes turned this dad’s day into a playful connection with his kids.
Category: Listening Partnerships
Good Strategies and Support Help Keep the Connection Strong
My Sunday started in the usual way with some gentle time snuggling with my two children as we woke up. It was all fine until breakfast when the warm connection started to unravel. My son
A Good Cry and a Good Listener Changes Everything
Setting a limit at bedtime can bring up big feelings for children. Holding the limit, while making room to also hear the feelings is a challenge, but it builds a child’s confidence and connection with you.
Listening Partnerships Transform My Past
I’ve found the last week quite hard. It could be the transition from having my partner around every day over Christmas and New year to being alone again with my daughter. The weather’s been wet
Finding the Right Pre-School
a guest post by Hannah Gauri Ma In trying to decide on a pre-school for my then 3-year-old I was feeling very torn. I had narrowed down my search to two co-op preschools in my
Five Minutes of Listening Turned My Day Around
The other morning I woke up feeling low. I have a problem with the circulation in my legs, and the pain had been bothering me a lot recently. I tended to numb my feelings, eating
From Yelling to Connecting, Thanks to My Listening Partnership
I had never yelled at my son, aged five, until recently when he started yelling at me. The first time he did it, I was immediately triggered. I don’t remember what I’d said, but he responded with a loud, angry, “ALL RIGHT, FINE!!!”
“Quit Being So Mad!”
My 10 yr old son and I can both be hot tempered, and I am a single parent. There is not another adult around to help me re-group, but there is always a listening partner, or at least their voice mail, just a phone call away.
How I Released My Fear of The Dentist
As I was crying the pain began to release in my tooth and by the end I didn’t feel any pain at all. The next day it was also better but it was apparent I still needed to go to the dentist because the tooth needed attention.
Listening Time Helped Me Set Limits on Screen Time
I was feeling tight and cranky in my parenting. I knew I needed to think about setting limits on screen time, and my impulse was to grab the iPad out of my son’s hands and stomp on it. I was not thinking well!!
My Journey to Parenting by Connection
I’m the mom of a young son, who has been my greatest teacher in life and has guided me to my deepest passion, parenting! My work in Theater from the time I was a little
“I Swore I’d Never Say That!” On Being a Parent
When you let your feelings show, say your truth or just blast out the tirade that may be brewing inside, you release the emotional tension built up around a problem or conflict.
Breaking “Bad” News
When my 6-year-old son began the first grade in a new school district, school went from being easy to being a big challenge for him both socially and academically. Being the youngest in his class
Not Liking Her Father’s New Partner
I told my daughter that another parent from her school would be taking her into school that day because we carpool. She was upset and cranky about it for 45 minutes, and wanted me to
Overnight with my Daughter and her Best Friend
My daughter asked to bring her girlfriend with us overnight to Sonoma where we planned to spend one night in a hotel with a pool. Â Bringing an extra person would change the easy-going relaxation day
School Success Through Staylistening
I kept listening to my children because I saw their positive transformation and because we felt closer even though it wasn’t easy to do. I kept listening because I gradually remembered and worked on my childhood and came to think I would have liked it if I had been listened to back then.
A Little Listening Can Move Mountains
Sometimes we don’t realize the effect we can have on people, simply through our listening (or not listening). I was moved by how a little listening can move mountains.
The Good Tantrum
Hi Hand in Hand Parenting, My almost 3 1/2 year old is having an especially hard time right now with family coming to visit. He has always had an extremely high need for connection. He