How to Build a Secure Attachment With Your Child
How to Build a Secure Attachment With Your Child We all want what’s best for our children, but who knew we could begin to give them this from day 1? It all starts with building a secure attachment. What is Attachment? You’ve may have heard of the...
How to Avoid Passing Down Problems to Your Child
Before becoming a parent, I thought about all the things that I wanted to pass down to my children. You know… all the values, skills, habits and wisdom I thought would set them up for success in their lives. Most of us do that sort of thing, right? There are all...
Anger Series Part 3: Responding to Your Child’s Anger
Think back to the last time you lost your sh*t. Was it with your partner? Your sibling? Your coworker? Your kid? Pull this memory up into your mind, as vividly as you can now. Remember the adrenaline coursing through your body. The thoughts spinning around in your...
Anger Series Part 2: Building Your Child’s Emotional IQ
Building your child’s emotional IQ is an important component of teaching them to cope with anger. In my last post I wrote about the importance of preventing unnecessary anger by paying attention to both precipitating events and context (if you haven’t yet read...