Navigating Parenting in a Disaster Area

While most of the western chunk of NC (and several other[…]

Parenting is now officially bad for your health. Here’s some support.

Surgeon General’s Warning: Last month, the U.S. Surgeon General released an[…]

What is PDA? And does my kid have it?

No kid in the history of kids has ever been 100%[…]

How to talk to your child about school shootings

Developmental levels matter The age and cognitive developmental level of your[…]

After the tantrum

  After the storm has passed… And your child has returned[…]

What happens in your brain when you loose your temper?

    What happens in your brain during a tantrum: What[…]

What is a Theraplay session like?

Finding your sparkle Theraplay is a super powerful kind of therapy[…]

3 Tips for handling a tantrum

Handling a tantrum is hard work! These tips might make it[…]

The Avoidant (dismissive) attachment style: Always searching for Perfection.

  What’s Avoidant Attachment? The second of the insecure styles of[…]

The Anxious attachment style: Should I stay or should I go now?

  What is Anxious Attachment? Anxious, also sometimes called ambivalent, attachment[…]

Secure attachment: The world is safe and I’m ok.

What’s secure attachment? First off, this post is NOT about mom-bashing.[…]

The power of positive childhood experiences.

We’ve known for at least thirty years now that Adverse Childhood[…]

Book review: The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Play (2014)

Among my favorite things (cue singing) in the world to read[…]