Let’s say that you’ve just set a limit. It’s time to turn off the screen. You just said no to something your child desperately wants. Or maybe you gently stepped in to stop them from hitting. And then your child erupts. Maybe they scream: "I...
There is a moment that arrives again and again across the parenting journey. Your child turns toward the classroom, climbs onto the school bus, drives away on their own, walks into a college dorm, or carries the last box into their own independent living space...
A gentle Parenting U-Turn for the parts that accommodate, worry, and reach for control Tomorrow is the first day of school. Your child has been excited all summer. But now it is bedtime, and their stomach hurts. They can’t sleep. One worry tumbles into another:...
School starts next week. You ask your child to try on their new shoes, and suddenly everything falls apart. The shoes are wrong. The socks feel terrible. They hate their backpack. It’s the wrong color. They hate their school. And if you make them go,...