Being left out is the worst. But does frequent exclusionary behavior mean your child is a budding bully? Get into the heads of our young children to find out how and why they turn to excluding their peers. Suzanne Fanger, early childhood expert, breaks it down.
You know those moments when your child does or says that thing that requires you to leave the room — or else? That deep feeling of anger can be shocking. How can our beautiful, cherished children push our buttons so? Ruth Beaglehole, MA, an expert on
non-violent parenting, fills us in on this totally normal reaction to our children.
New baby is coming! How can we help prepare our children for the imminent household revolution? Dr. Debra Lobato, PhD, lends us her words of sibling wisdom.
New baby is coming! How can we help prepare our children for the imminent household revolution? Dr. Debra Lobato, PhD, lends us her words of sibling wisdom.
by Abbie Schiller – As a person who grew up singing songs about “what do you do with the mad that you feel?” from Mister Rogers – I went on a mission seeking the same kind of quality programming for my own child. Why do so few kids’ shows focus on real life characters and themes? I wished that if there was any kind of magic lesson that my child could glean from a TV hero – it would be about all the real life lessons and the questions and issues we faced every day.
As we all know, there’s no such thing as perfect parenting. In fact, most of us feel quite the opposite most of the time! Read on for a few of our readers’ “whoops!” stories from 2010 – we like to call them “learning opportunities.”
Reuters interviews Abbie about the formation of TMC.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! As our gift, we offer you a hilarious article by Writer/Performer/Dad Ethan Sandler, who recounts the mishaps of his first “Daddy Weekend” – whereby he quickly learned that it takes a real man to measure up to a seahorse.
Both parents and children have big feelings about the first day of school. Mary Hartzell, a longtime early childhood educator, wrote an article about the separation anxiety felt by both parent and child.
Ever feel swept away in the tide of a never-ending “wake-up-breakfast-pack lunch-pick up-homework-dinner-bed” parenting cycle? TMC contributor, Tanya Ward Goodman, sets off into this New Year with a fresh commitment to noticing and appreciating the details – no matter how quickly they pass by.
