Emotional regulation and executive functioning are two sides of the same coin, and understanding how they work together changes how you respond to almost every difficult moment with your child.
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Going back to school. It sounds simple. It rarely feels it. Does it? For some children it is exciting. For others it is something much harder to name. And for
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One intention I keep coming back to, both in my work and in family life, is talking to children in a way that actually reaches them.Not saying the perfect thing,
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Many parents I meet in my practice tell me the same thing: “My child’s aggression is the hardest behaviour to manage.” In those heated moments, it can feel exhausting, discouraging,
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As parents, we often find ourselves navigating our children’s big emotions, searching the internet, and reading countless books filled with parenting strategies. Yet, many of these techniques don’t seem to
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It is eleven o’clock at night. You have been up and down the stairs three times. Your child is still awake, still calling out, still not settling. You are exhausted.
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Your child is melting down again. They cannot focus at school. They are emotional, reactive, hard to reach. You have tried everything. But have you looked at their sleep? Not
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It is completely normal for teenagers to experience worry or anxiety. It is a typical part of growing up. However, many parents who come to my practice are often surprised
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Many parents worry that talking about anxiety will make things worse. That naming the fear will amplify it, give it more power, make their child more anxious than before. The
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I remember those feelings. The arguments about phones, the door slamming, the sense that the child you knew so well has become someone you can barely reach. Adolescence is a
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Life is full of separations, from birth to nursery to starting school, leaving home and death. The addition of a pandemic may explain why so many parents are contacting me
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If you have ever wondered why your child cannot just calm down, why they seem to know better but still do the same thing again, or why your teenager appears
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