Posts Tagged ‘school’
Rushing to Work When Your Child Has Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety is a problem for parents when they need to go to work. This creates a conflict for a busy parent rushing in the early morning hours. What to do? Because your child has separation anxiety, always leave at least half an hour of free time before you leave for work. This probably means…
Read MoreTransitioning to Middle School
Parenting Tips on Helping Your Child Transition to Middle School Transitioning from Elementary School to Middle School is a great challenge for many kids. The expectations of meeting new kids from other schools, having more serious school work, and meeting different teachers are part of the concerns. Then there is just negotiating the new landscape.…
Read MoreUnderstanding How Your Child’s Mind Works – Ages 3-9
Do You Know How Your Child’s Mind Operates? How Do They Think? What goes on in your child’s mind? What do preschoolers mean when they say things? Do they understand intentions? Do they know they have a mind? What do they mean when they say phrases like, “he didn’t mean it,” “he did it on…
Read MoreDo You Know What Your Child Does in School All Day? 8 Ways to Find Out
What Does Your Child Do in School All Day? Every morning we send our kids off for six or more hours at their school but do we really know what’s going on? We see progress reports, grades, and an occasional email, but what are they learning and achieving? How are they socializing? How do they…
Read MoreA Conversation with Unlocking Parental Intelligence Author, Laurie Hollman, Ph.D.
Sally: “It’s release day for author and psychoanalyst Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. Her book, Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior offers parents a system for understanding what their children think, want, intend, and feel. In addition to presenting Hollman’s five-step method for developing Parental Intelligence (a term she coined), her book shares case…
Read MoreReading to Your Child and Your Child Reads to You – Transitioning Back to School with Parental Intelligence
Author and psychoanalyst Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. has an upcoming book that will be released October 13, 2015. Pre-order it at Amazon at a discount: Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior One of the joys of being a parent is to read to your child. We begin with picture books and slowly move…
Read MoreHow Parents Help Teens Build Self-Esteem
What is Teen Self-Esteem? Self-esteem is the value teens place on their self-worth. Adolescents need to develop a healthy sense of self-love. They often ask themselves how they measure up compared to others. The crux of the matter is what they value such as their grades, the number of friends they have, their appearance, their…
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