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Emotional Support For Kids With Medical Needs
Is your child preparing for surgery? Have they undergone treatment or medical procedures early in their lives? Are they living with an on-going condition that requires medical attention or care? And are you
If Parenting Ever Feels Lonely For You, This Can Help
Did you ever guess parenting could feel so lonely? As parents, we face so many challenges and difficulties, from financial stress, to relationship difficulties, to guilt, exhaustion, sleep deprivation as well as other oppressions, including
Words and Phrases to Try When Staylistening With More Than One Child
Children are loud, funny, passionate people. This we know. And while none of us go into parenting hoping our kids will not get on with their siblings or friends, some teasing, squabbling and competing is
What To Do When You Feel Stuck About How To Handle Your Child’s Behavior
Do you ever feel unsure about how to respond to your child? Whether it’s a request they make of you or, like instructor Michelle Hartop shares in this post, an idea they have for play,
How To Handle Your Parent Anger, Right In The Moment And After
It was 7am. I could barely keep my eyes open and my son was already surly. I was trying to make myself some tea and him some breakfast. After a few minor complaints about my
Smart Ways To Handle “My Teacher is So Mean,” and Other School Stressors
“I have a 9-year-old daughter whose first day of 3rd grade was today and it appears we have “the mean teacher”. I’m thinking of going to see the principal, the teacher, and maybe trying to
Why Is It So Hard To Stop Parenting On Auto-Respond And Actually Get Responsive Instead?
Feel like you are parenting on auto-respond? Here’s how I make to shift to responsive parenting. Upstairs the kids were thumping around and shouting at each other. I paused from chopping mushrooms, hoping they’d
Simple Ways For Parents To Lighten The Load On Days That Feel Hard
First, let’s just state the obvious: parenting is much harder work than any of us ever imagined. For so many reasons. In The Current Situation for Parents, Patty Wipfler, Hand in Hand Parenting’s founder, lays
Are We Being Oversold On Self-Care?
What do you think of when you think of self-care? Is it a manicure? A bubble bath? A solo trip to the grocery store? Maybe a chat on the phone with a friend? Finally making
Struggling With Hand In Hand? Don’t Stress, You Aren’t Failing, You Aren’t Alone, And Here’s Why.
Feel like you are struggling with Hand in Hand? It’s not you. Really. I remember walking into my first Hand in Hand class. At last, I thought. Someone was going to give me some simple
Co-Parenting? How To Help Everyone In The Family Have A Smoother Transition
On any given week our family can have anywhere from 0, 1, 2, or 3 children in our home. As a blended family we are constantly in flux as schedules change and children move back
When a Child Prefers One Parent
It took months to organise, but today you escaped for lunch with two old friends and left your kids with your partner. Secretly, you couldn’t be happier. Your youngest is going through a phase that
Parent Burnout? Six Kind Practices You Can Use To Lift Yourself When You Feel Down About Your Parenting
Exhaustion, anxiousness and negative thoughts can all indicate parent burnout. And yet, parents need to parent, they cannot give up. These practices will help when you are feeling down about yourself or parenting. Another
Resolving Family Feuds Starts With You
You don’t have to live with family tension year after year. It’s possible to break old patterns of relating and forge new relationships within your family by getting support for yourself, taking the time to listen
Do You Often Find Yourself Thinking Your Child Is Reactive? Inflexible? Disagreeable? Defiant? Here’s How to Meet Your Child in Those Moments.
You wake up to a bright and shining sun, nothing but blue skies and birds singing. Your child calls out to you. You go into their room, look into their beautiful eyes feeling the joy
How To Support a Child With Sensory Processing Challenges
On the playground one child is crying because he can’t get the sand off his hands and he hates the feeling. A second child is yelling “Higher! Higher!” as her dad pushes her on the
Pet Euthanasia: How We Navigated Death And Loss In Our Family Using the Hand in Hand Tools
“She was really the best cat.” That’s what my husband and our two daughters (aged 6 and 13) kept saying in the days leading up to Izzi’s death. Our nearly 18 year old kitty had