Parenting Archives

Should Parents Apologize to Their Kids When They Mess Up?

Should parents apologize when they make mistakes? If so, how? What difference does it make for your children? As a parent, you’re the top role model for your kids. While you’d like to be perfect, you’re not. You might want your kids to think you’re perfect, but that sort of unrealistic perspective harms them more than it helps them. Read more to learn why it’s important for you and your children that you own up to your mistakes and make amends.

The Importance of Positive Self-Talk: Sage Advice for Parents

How do you talk to and about yourself? Do you notice when you do it in front of your kids? How you speak to and about yourself impacts your children, for good or for bad. According to psychotherapist and mother Philippa Perry, your self-talk has a big impact on your child’s relationship with themself. Keep reading to understand the importance of positive self-talk for both you and your kids.

How Parents Can Model Healthy Conflict Resolution for Children

How well do you handle disagreements with others? What are your children learning from you when it comes to conflict resolution? Disagreements are unavoidable in life. What matters is how we handle them when they arise. Conflict resolution is a valuable life skill, and kids need to learn early on how to settle disputes with others in a way that’s a relational win for everyone involved. Continue reading to learn how to model healthy conflict resolution for children.

How You Were Raised Impacts How You Raise Your Children

When you’re parenting your child, do you sometimes feel like you’re reliving moments from your own childhood? Do you want to mirror—or reject—the way your parents raised you? For good or for bad, how you were raised impacts your parenting. You’re likely to project and pass along emotions associated with your upbringing. Philippa Perry explains that it’s important for you to put emotions where they belong and break any harmful cycles in your family. Read more to understand how your upbringing affects your parenting.

How to Bond With Your Child: 4 Ways to Build a Relationship

Are you merely managing your child, or are you deeply bonding with them? How can you build a lifelong connection? The parent-child relationship is a unique and special one. It goes through rapid and significant changes over the years. Being close to your child helps you raise them (because they trust you more), and it adds joy to both your lives—even when they’re grown. Read more to learn how to bond with your child and build a beautiful relationship that will last.

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read—Quotes to Ponder

What’s the core of parenting? What do your parents have to do with the way you parent your kids? What’s “fact tennis”? Philippa Perry is a British psychotherapist, writer, and TV and radio presenter. She worked in the mental health field for 20 years before being published. And, she raised a daughter. In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, she shares her wisdom with other parents. Keep reading for The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read quotes that provide insights into the book.

7 Philippa Perry Parenting Practices for Moms and Dads

What’s your attachment style? How do you help your child process their emotions? Does your childhood past seep into your parenting present? In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, Philippa Perry offers guidance for strengthening your bonds with your child and raising an emotionally secure individual. She shares several practical actions you can take to move in this direction. Read more for seven Philippa Perry parenting practices that can bring about positive changes in your family.

Harvey Karp’s The Happiest Baby on the Block: Book Overview

Do you need tips on soothing your baby with colic? Do swaddling and swinging actually help? What medical conditions can cause colic? In The Happiest Baby on the Block, Harvey Karp has a solution for babies with colic. He outlines why babies develop colic in the first place, and how caregivers can manage it. Read below for a brief overview of Harvey Karp’s The Happiest Baby on the Block.

2 Causes of Colic: Overstimulation & Understimulation

How does overstimulation cause colic in babies? Can understimulation cause colic as well? According to The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, the first signs you should look for if your baby has colic are overstimulation and understimulation. Karp discusses why too much or too little stimulation causes colic and techniques for soothing a baby with colic. Keep reading to find out more.

How to Soothe a Colic Baby: Harvey Karp’s 5 Ss

Does your baby cry all day and night? How do you soothe a colic baby? In The Happiest Baby on the Block, Harvey Karp offers a soothing technique that simulates the comfort sensory “middle ground” babies experience in the womb. This technique (consisting of five methods) helps colic babies who are too stimulated or not getting enough stimulation. Continue reading to learn how to soothe a colic baby.