Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Toddlers 5 Proven Ways to Help Your Child Manage Frustration Life is full of challenging feelings, and kids don’t come pre-programmed with frustration management skills! Fortunately, with a... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills Passover Parenting By Heidi Emberling, MA, Parent Educator and Early Childhood Specialist at Parents Place in Palo Alto After 18 years, my son is ready to... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Toddlers Drop-in Play Groups: Vital for Young Children and Their Parents By Susan Sachs Lipman We know that play groups are important for toddlers and preschoolers. But have you considered that they serve a... Continue Reading
Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Special Challenges Living with Stress: COVID-19 and our Mental Health It begins when I open my eyes in the morning. A slight heaviness settles on my chest, keeping me under the covers for a few more... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills Positive Guidance and Clear Limits: An Effective Behavioral Approach There are many different ways to discipline a child. Often, we start out with the strategies we remember from our own childhood. Then,... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Raising Boys, Raising Girls Preparing for Kindergarten Too Early? “To learn a thing in life through doing is much more developing, cultivating, and strengthening than to learn it merely through the... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Tips Disneyland: The Land of Bad Parenting—5 Survival Tips It’s not your fault. You imagined a magical family vacation at Disneyland. You honestly believed you would create happy memories... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Tips Why Don’t Behavior Charts Work? Whenever I walk into a preschool or early elementary classroom and I see a behavior chart, I cringe. One child who couldn’t... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips “This one has a motor!” — Raising Active Kids When my daughter was four years old, we visited a friend with a large cat. The cat was heavy, but my daughter struggled mightily to pick... Continue Reading
Parenting Tips, Sleep 6 Habits that Help Your Kids Get a Better Night’s Sleep Sleep is vital for children’s bodies and brains. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the younger we are, the more sleep we... Continue Reading
