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Petal and Pip plush pigs sitting on a highly sensitive preschooler's bed in a quiet room with the door ajar

When Your Highly Sensitive Preschooler Goes Quiet

The child who walks to their room after a hard day is not sulking. They are deciding something about who they are. What to do in the first twenty minutes,...

When Your Highly Sensitive Preschooler Goes Quiet

The child who walks to their room after a hard day is not sulking. They are deciding something about who they are. What to do in the first twenty minutes,...

When Your Child Wasn't Picked, Helping Kids Handle Being Left Out

When Your Child Wasn't Picked, Helping Kids Han...

Why does being left out hurt so much at four or five? Somewhere around four or five, most children run into a gap they did not know existed. Being liked...

When Your Child Wasn't Picked, Helping Kids Han...

Why does being left out hurt so much at four or five? Somewhere around four or five, most children run into a gap they did not know existed. Being liked...

How to Help a Child Forgive Themselves

How to Help a Child Forgive Themselves

Why doesn't telling my child it's okay actually help? You can tell a four year old it was an accident. You can tell them everybody makes mistakes. You can tell...

How to Help a Child Forgive Themselves

Why doesn't telling my child it's okay actually help? You can tell a four year old it was an accident. You can tell them everybody makes mistakes. You can tell...

Raising A Child Whose Character Is Strong Even When No One Is Watching

Raising A Child Whose Character Is Strong Even ...

The question underneath most parenting worry is not whether your child behaves. It is who they are in the ten minutes you cannot see.  

Raising A Child Whose Character Is Strong Even ...

The question underneath most parenting worry is not whether your child behaves. It is who they are in the ten minutes you cannot see.  

When Your Child Brags After Winning

When Your Child Brags After Winning

Nobody writes about this one, and every parent who has it knows exactly why. It is easier to admit your child fell apart after a loss than to admit they...

When Your Child Brags After Winning

Nobody writes about this one, and every parent who has it knows exactly why. It is easier to admit your child fell apart after a loss than to admit they...

Good Sportsmanship Is Not The Handshake

Good Sportsmanship Is Not The Handshake

The handshake is the part everyone can see, which is exactly why it is the part that teaches your child the least.

Good Sportsmanship Is Not The Handshake

The handshake is the part everyone can see, which is exactly why it is the part that teaches your child the least.