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Articles and resources on parenting and emotional well-being to support you on your journey
Understanding Children's Behaviour. Why Connection Works Better Than Control
There are two fundamentally different ways of responding to a child's challenging behaviour. On the surface, they can look similar. Both involve a parent stepping in. Both involve some kind of response to what is happening. But underneath, they come from entirely different places and they lead to entirely different outcomes.
Why Reward Charts Don't Work: A gentle Parenting Alternative
We need to move from "behaviour management" to understanding behaviour as communication.
Family Meetings: How to Get Kids to Cooperate Without Bribes or Threats
Family Meetings: A Powerful Tool for Connection & Cooperation
Beyond Rewards and Punishments: Gentle Alternatives That Actually Work
By moving beyond rewards and punishments, we create space to truly listen, meet their underlying needs, help them to release stress and trauma from their bodies and strengthen the bond between us.
Why Toddler Tantrums (and beyond) Are Actually Healthy (And What Your Child Needs From You)
Children have an incredible capacity to release stress and trauma from their bodies—they are born knowing how to do so. When we understand this, we can shift our perspective on their big emotions and see them as a healthy process rather than something to suppress or "fix."