What is Hand in Hand Parenting?: Day 6 You’ve seen your children release their feelings of hurt and tension. They’re naturals! The minute something challenging happens, they dive right in to expel the tension. With a Listening Partnership, it’s your turn. So, What is a Listening Partnership? Listening Partnerships are simple to do. You choose someone
“Play with me?” That one question is asked at least 100 times a day in most houses, by kids to their parents. Time and time again we hear that play improves connections. Greys Anatomy-creator (and former workaholic) Shonda Rhimes did a whole Ted Talk on how play impacted her life as a parent. Larry Cohen has two
My kids were with their grandparents and I was spending time with my husband. We were relaxed and talking and everything felt perfect until he mentioned the upcoming marriage of someone that is close to us. At some point I heard him say that if he were that age again he would probably not choose
Un article traduit de l’anglais par Chloé Saint Guilhem, formatrice certifiée Hand in Hand “Tu veux jouer avec moi ?” Cette question est posée au moins 100 fois par jour dans la plupart des maisons, par les enfants à leurs parents. On nous répète sans cesse que le jeu améliore les relations. Shonda Rhimes, créatrice de
Comme la plupart des parents, les disputes entre tes enfants font probablement partie des choses face auxquelles tu te sens bien souvent démuni.e ou qui ont le chic de te mettre hors de toi. Toutes formatrices certifiées que nous soyons, nous traversons les mêmes sentiments que tout parent. Dans ce récit, Chloé Saint Guilhem partage
Je me rappellerai toujours du changement de perspective qui s’est produit pour moi lors de ce Partenariat d’écoute. Nous abordions le thème de l’agressivité chez l’enfant lors d’un groupe de soutien parents et j’ai entendu d’après l’expérience d’autres parents, que les gestes agressifs chez les enfants, sont un appel à l’aide lorsqu’ils ont perdu leur
Do you dread the stress that comes from your family? Here’s how you can use Listening Time to start building better times together.
Un article traduit de l’anglais par Chloé Saint Guilhem formatrice certifiée Hand in Hand En tant que parents, nous consacrons une bonne partie de notre temps à prendre soin des autres et à nous préoccuper de leur bien-être. Nous entendons beaucoup parler de “prendre soin de nous”, de “prendre du temps pour soi” ou de comment
Raising a mini-me can take soul searching and acceptance – for yourself and your child. These ideas will help if your child reminds you of you, and that feels hard.
Did you ever guess parenting could feel so lonely? As parents, we face so many challenges and difficulties, from financial stress, to relationship difficulties, to guilt, exhaustion, sleep deprivation as well as other oppressions, including racism and elitism. When parenting feels lonely, it impacts your relationships Hand in Hand Parenting’s approach to parenting by connection
Do you ever feel unsure about how to respond to your child? Whether it’s a request they make of you or, like instructor Michelle Hartop shares in this post, an idea they have for play, something about your child’s behavior just leaves you unsure or uneasy. Should you set a limit, or let things play
It was 7am. I could barely keep my eyes open and my son was already surly. I was trying to make myself some tea and him some breakfast. After a few minor complaints about my not being able to do Special Time with him, he finally found a paper and crayons to occupy himself. But
Feel like you are parenting on auto-respond? Here’s how I make to shift to responsive parenting. Upstairs the kids were thumping around and shouting at each other. I paused from chopping mushrooms, hoping they’d stop, but instead heard a scream. Racing up to see what happened, I found my oldest sitting on top of my
Exhaustion, anxiousness and negative thoughts can all indicate parent burnout. And yet, parents need to parent, they cannot give up. These practices will help when you are feeling down about yourself or parenting. Another cold and miserable February was upon me and it was school break. I shuddered at the prospect of spending a
Like most, I parent differently than my parents did.  I knew that seeing me do things differently than they did could stir up feelings for them, especially about their most challenging parenting times. (Hello, teenage years!) Still, I wanted them to have a strong relationship with my daughter and I didn’t want my way of parenting
Anyone who works with children, parents or families will be acutely aware of how huge the need for parent support is. That has never been more true than it is now, in the midst of this global crisis. That you’re reading this suggests that you recognise this yourself, though figuring out how to get that
My mojo had gone AWOL. I had become a robotic and brittle childminder. I was snappy and impatient. Of course, if I’d heard another childminder talking to children with such exasperation I’d have given them a cuddle. But I was too grumpy to give myself sympathy. If you work with kids, have you ever felt
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Laura Minnigerode on Listening Partnerships During the winter holiday season, I often feel overpowered with emotions about the past. While I cherish memories of being with my family, I feel out of touch and alone. We are separated by thousands of miles and communication styles. It’s hard to reach out. The feelings hit hardest on the
Black Lives Matter Hand in Hand stands with Black people and with all people targeted by racism. Black lives matter! Let’s end racism, build safer, sounder communities, and help one another heal from the damage racism has done. Hand in Hand firmly believes that all of us come into this world inclined to care deeply
What if there was someone in your life who could always see your goodness? A person who would remember (even in those moments when you couldn’t) that you are a good person, doing your very best – even if at times that ‘best’ doesn’t look or feel so fabulous? How would that feel? Some of