Is FAFO the End of Gentle Parenting or Just the Start of Bigger Problems?
If you’ve spent time on TikTok or read the Wall Street Journal lately, you might have come across a new parenting buzzword: FAFO parenting. It…
Tag: Children & Discipline
My Child Doesn’t Listen!
Do you feel like your child doesn’t listen? Or that you’re caught in a never-ending loop of repeating requests to your child? You’re not alone.…
How to Deal With a Stubborn Child
Parenting a stubborn child can be a challenging journey filled with frustrations and emotional hurdles. Understanding the root of stubbornness is key to effective communication…
Dysregulated & Dangerous
Parenting defiant teens can be a challenging experience for families, often leaving parents feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and alone. As teens seek independence, behaviours like rebellion and…
Pornography-Proofing Your KidsÂ
Explicit Content Harms Children In today’s digital landscape, explicit content is pervasive, posing significant risks to our children. With nearly half of children aged 9…
How To Solve “First Dibs”
Siblings fight. They want to go first. They want the bigger piece. They want to choose the music. They want… what they want! “Scissors, paper,…
My Child Won’t Share!
Helping Children Learn That Sharing is Caring Sharing is a vital skill in children’s social development, helping them build relationships and foster empathy. While young…
Going to High-Achieving Schools is Potentially Bad for Your Kids
Poverty, trauma, and discrimination are three of the top four risk factors for mental health challenges. The one that’s missing from the top 4: Excessive…
Defusing Explosive Children
Kids Do Well If They Can In 1998, Dr. Ross Greene introduced a groundbreaking approach to helping children navigate challenging situations in “The Explosive Child”.…
Digital Kids
So much internet ink has been spilled decrying the challenges of raising digital kids. And for a host of reasons, this hand-wringing is justified and…
Toddler tantrums
It doesn’t matter if you have just one child or six, there is one thing that never gets easier to handle – toddler tantrums. It…
Why It’s Not Ok To Smack Your Kids
A few weeks ago my friend, Brett, told me about a problem he was having with his wife. She’d come home from work in a…
What To Do When Kids Don’t Listen: Practical Tips for Parents
Sometimes, no matter how clearly we communicate, our kids don’t listen or just won’t do what we ask. While listening is a skill kids develop…
Emotion Coaching
Parenting Challenges in Today’s World It’s no secret. Middle-class, Western parents are struggling with raising their children. Expectations are high. We’re looking at parenting in…
Punishment, Reward, and Other Disciplinary Mistakes
Think about the way your parents responded to you when you were challenging as a child. What was their reaction when you were surly, sassy,…
Will Smith hit Chris Rock. What do we tell our kids?
This week, the biggest news event wasn’t war in Ukraine, floods on Australia’s East Coast, or even COVID surges. Instead, it was a story of…