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The game ends, and suddenly your child is furious. They’re yelling, arguing, crying or pleading for one more match. For some children, stopping a highly engaging game can be genuinely difficult. That doesn’t mean you have to give in, and it doesn’t mean every strong reaction signals a serious problem. The goal is to help your child learn an important skill: something I really enjoy can end, and I can handle the transition.
Read guide →Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.
5 min · In this short clip, Sheikh Belal Assaad describes five patterns that can make family life unhealthy: substance abuse, constant conflict, violence,…
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14 min · Ever snapped at your kids in a way far too big for the moment? Dr.
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9 min · Disagreements are part of life, between siblings, friends, neighbors, and even between parents and children. In the final episode of Raising…
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5 min · When a child is in full meltdown, our instinct is to talk them down — to explain, soothe, or reason with…
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14 min · Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims argues that over-parenting, not under-parenting, is quietly damaging a generation of kids. She describes the ‘checklisted…
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21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…
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12 min · This video draws on cross-cultural research comparing Dutch and American infant sleep patterns, reporting that Dutch babies sleep meaningfully more per…
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9 min · Emma Hubbard argues that a child’s overwhelmed brain largely can’t process talking, explaining, or reasoning during a tantrum. She also argues…
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20 min · This video offers ten phrases intended to help young children develop language for understanding and communicating emotions. Its central idea is…
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24 min · Helen Hoffman argues that parents don’t need to prioritize alphabet drills before age three. Instead, she encourages families to focus on…
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12 min · This video presents “regulation before resolution” as the missing piece when gentle-parenting scripts aren’t helping during a toddler meltdown. It recommends…
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21 min · Drawing on decades as a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst, Erica Komisar argues that today’s youth mental health crisis is real…
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