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Setting Limits Helped My Daughter Cooperate Willingly 13 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
My six year old daughter seemed fine when she came home from school. Her nine year old brother had been sick for three days and I was looking forward to her being with us. However, it wasn’t long be...
Stopping Sibling Rivalry Through Playfulness 10 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
As most siblings do, my nine year old son and six year old daughter pester one another sometimes. One day they were lying on the living room floor about an arm’s length away from one other. My son ...
Helping My Son Sleep Through The Night 7 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
My nine year old son usually falls right asleep at night. This has been such a blessing for me and quite contrary to his younger sister who likes to stay up late. On one particular night he was jumpi...
How a Single Hour Can Solve Parenting Problems 4 Jun 2013 | 09:07 pm
“Although the Hand in Hand resources (booklets, podcasts, and videos) that I had already used had been so helpful to me and my husband, we still had so many questions. Having contact with a real human...
Helping My Child with Keeping Agreements 18 May 2013 | 02:11 am
One morning I told my daughter (7.5) it was time to clean her room before watching TV. “Oh mom,” she said. “You know I need time to wake up and just want to relax and watch a show before doing anythin...
Play Helps Dissolve Frustration 10 May 2013 | 10:50 pm
Before bed, my daughter and I had a fun Special Time together doing whatever she wanted. When the timer beeped (signaling the end of Special Time) she happily trotted off to her room to change into he...
The Consequences of Connection 9 May 2013 | 08:00 am
Dear Hand in Hand Parenting, This morning there was an incident with my 10-year-old son. He has a list of things that he is supposed to do in the mornings—guitar practice, making bed, square up room, ...
Solutions for My Son’s Homework Tantrums 27 Apr 2013 | 06:42 am
After the start of the second grade, I very quickly noticed some heavy struggles around homework come up. At the start of the year, my son’s second grade teacher gave all the parents special instructi...
Helping My Teenage Son Work Through Stifled Feelings with Listening 25 Apr 2013 | 03:04 am
My 13 year older son was off track in a way that doesn’t happen often. I asked him to turn off the TV for shifting to bedtime mode at 9pm on a Sunday and he resisted. It led us to a talk about screen ...
How Staylistening at the End of a Beautiful Weekend Let My Son Say Goodbye Easily 11 Apr 2013 | 11:45 pm
We went away camping with four other families. Between us we had eleven kids between the ages of 1 and 7. The weather was beautiful. We cooked over a wood fire and the kids hung out playing well an...
