Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
20 Ways Not to Talk to Your Teenage Daughter – Then How to Fix Things
Oh Our Teenage Daughters!! Teenage girls are sensitive to the way people in authority talk to them, especially their mothers. They are easily wounded, feel criticized, and vulnerable when they sense or get outright disapproval. However, even the most devoted mothers are only trying to shape them up to be young women and don’t understand…
Read MoreThe New Year Bonanza in Parenting Books: Unlocking Parental Intelligence
Why do Children Do What they Do? What’s on Their Minds? How Can Parents Know their Child’s Inner World? Unlocking Parental Intelligence lifts the curtain on these questions by helping parents become “meaningmakers” who understand the significance behind their kids’ behaviors. Experienced psychoanalyst Laurie Hollman, Ph.D., reveals five enlightening steps to help parents solve problems…
Read MoreMy 14 New Year’s Resolutions using Parental Intelligence
1. When I face puzzling behaviors, I promise not to react immediately but Step Back, take my time calmly, and survey the situation. 2. I will become a “Meaning-Maker” which means I will take my time to understand the meaning behind a misbehavior. Only then will I know what to do. 3. I promise to…
Read MoreGive Kids a Break! Don’t Make Them Choose Between Naughty-or-Nice.
Give a Holiday Gift of a book that Benefits Parents and Kids: UNLOCKING PARENTAL INTELLIGENCE: FINDING MEANING IN YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR found on amazon, barnes & noble, familius and wherever books are sold. NAUGHTY-OR-NICE? Do you think we over do it when we challenge or even threaten our kids to be bad…
Read MoreHelping Your Child with ADHD – A New Parenting Mindset
Laurie Hollman Phd’s upcoming book, Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior, will be released Oct. 13, 2015. Pre-order the book at a 21% discount on Amazon. (Read a chapter about a child with ADHD whose mother learns new strategies to help her daughter cope with her ADHD and gains new understandings of…
Read MoreHow Children Grow With Asperger Syndrome
Laurie Hollman’s upcoming book, Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior, will be released October 13, 2015. There will be a book signing at the Book Revue, Huntington, Long Island, NY on October 16, 2015 at 7 PM. Nice place to meet up with other parents. Children with Asperger Syndrome Grow and Grow…
Read MoreReflecting on Motherhood with Parental Intelligence: A Letter to Myself
Welcome to the June 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Talking to Yourself This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written letters to themselves. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the…
Read MoreFinding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior
Behavior Needs to Be Understood Finding meaning in your child’s behavior is essential to understanding your child. Behind every “bad” child is a distressed child. Behavior is meaningful. But look up “bad behavior” on google and you get hundreds of sites with tips trying to correct it but not understand it. How do you correct…
Read MoreHow to Build Maternal Self-Esteem: Are you a Mommy or an Efficiency Expert??
What Does it Mean to Be Maternal? Maternal self-esteem can run up and down. Do you have a mental checklist about being a mother that’s impossible to live up to? Do you think you must be empathic and self-sacrificing while being a multi-tasking genius capable of understanding every stage of child development? Do you struggle…
Read MoreParents Help Teens and Children with OCD -The Key to Early Intervention
Why Do Teens and Children With OCD Have This Kind of Expression of Anxiety? Teens and children with OCD bear a high level of anxiety that is due to genetics, internal, and external stressors. Parents help teens and children with responsive listening, lowering stress in the household, and nurturing involvement. Early intervention for kids with…
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