Clik here to view.
Healing a Separation Trauma
Photo (C) BelleMedia 2009 When my daughter Allie was about four, I took her over to my Grandma’s house for a visit. Grandma lives in a tidy, quiet neighborhood, so I let Allie play outside while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Broken Arm Leads to a “Break”through
Photo (C) M. Pate 2007 My son is 6-1/2 years old. I’ve been listening to his feelings and doing Parenting by Connection since he was about 1-1/2 years old. He had a rough birth, and has had lots of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Listening Through a Family Change
On the day we told my daughter, age 3 1/2, some big news about our family situation changing, the news just seemed too much for her to deal with and she just wanted to go and play. So we played hard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Working with Aggressive Behavior
Photo (C) Penny Mathews 2006 When my son started preschool he came home using aggressive words and behaviors I had never seen in him before. He started talking about killing people, shooting, stabbing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Biting, Pushing, Pulling Hair – Helping Children with Aggression
Has your child ever lashed out and hurt someone? Has another aggressive child ever bothered him? If your answer is yes, join the crowd! Almost all of us struggle with understanding and helping our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Listening Helps my Daughter
Photo (C) Bev Lloyd-Roberts 2009 Yesterday my two-year-old daughter and I were shopping when we heard another mother threatening and speaking quite meanly to her child. (Poor woman was on the verge of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Helping a 5-year-old Sleep on Her Own
My habit had been to lay down with my five year old daughter at bedtime until she was asleep, which often took half an hour or more. She would fall asleep fairly easily when others put her to bed,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Helping a Child Make Good Use of a Tantrum
when children’s behavior looks off track, they are really asking for help My husband and I had a friend visiting us and toward the end of the visit, my son started to play with the TV remote control,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Good Tantrum
Hi Patty, My almost 3 1/2 year old is having an especially hard time right now with family coming in to visit over the holidays. He has always had an extremely high need for connection. He still needs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How I Got My Daughter to Give Up the Pacifier and Settle in to Deeper Sleep
My daughter Leah was an extremely agitated infant who slept very poorly. Our pediatrician assured us that the problem was not a medical one, but we never fully understood what had her so upset and out...
View Article
