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A young girl in a green jumper resting her chin on her folded arms at a kitchen table, the quiet moment for a feelings check in

A Feelings Check In for a Child Who Has No Word...

You asked how they felt and they said fine. A feelings check in does not fail because a child is hiding something. It fails because you asked for a word...

A Feelings Check In for a Child Who Has No Word...

You asked how they felt and they said fine. A feelings check in does not fail because a child is hiding something. It fails because you asked for a word...

A child's hands placing a wooden block on a leaning tower, one of the growth mindset games for a child who gives up fast

Growth Mindset Games for a Child Who Gives Up Fast

Your child did not stop trying because they are lazy. They stopped because getting it wrong started to feel like being wrong. Six games that take the verdict out of...

Growth Mindset Games for a Child Who Gives Up Fast

Your child did not stop trying because they are lazy. They stopped because getting it wrong started to feel like being wrong. Six games that take the verdict out of...

A father and son washing up side by side at a kitchen sink, a lesson in how to get a child to open up about feelings

How to Get a Child to Open Up About Feelings

Ask a four year old how they feel and you get I do not know. That is not a closed door, it is an empty shelf. What to ask instead,...

How to Get a Child to Open Up About Feelings

Ask a four year old how they feel and you get I do not know. That is not a closed door, it is an empty shelf. What to ask instead,...

A three year old sitting on a kitchen floor beside a tipped jug of milk during one of the common 3 year old tantrums

Why 3 Year Old Tantrums Happen, and What to Say...

The tantrum is not a negotiation and it is not a test. It is a feeling that arrived bigger than the child holding it. What to say in the first...

Why 3 Year Old Tantrums Happen, and What to Say...

The tantrum is not a negotiation and it is not a test. It is a feeling that arrived bigger than the child holding it. What to say in the first...

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...