2 Simple Tips for Positive Parenting
What do you do when you’re at your wit’s end as a parent? TMC President, Sam Kurtzman-Counter, offers some tips to help you reconnect with your kids and regain the positive in parenting.
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How to Fix a Spoiled Attitude in Four Steps
Four tips to curb and change a spoiled attitude from Dr. Michele Borba.
What to do When Your Child is Having a Meltdown
Dr. Claudia M. Gold gives us five easy tips on what to do, in the moment, when your child is melting down — help us, please!
5 Ways to Boost Emotional Intelligence
Curious about your kid’s IQ? Studies show it’s best to concentrate on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) first. Dr. Laura Markham, clinical psychologist and parenting specialist, offers useful tips on EQ and how to foster it.
How to Deal with Kindergarten Regression
Abbie Schiller, the founder and CEO of The Mother Company, shares her son’s experience with starting kindergarten, the stress and regression that comes with it and the ways we, as parents, can help them during this exciting transition.
The Power of Grit
We’re told as young adults, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But try telling that to a toddler. Psychologist and author Vicki Hoefle talks to us about the importance of instilling “grit” in our kids to ensure they live a joyful and abundant life as adults.
How to Motivate Your Child
Got a kid who doesn’t seem interested in sports, art or other activities? Drags his feet at doing chores? Can’t finish what she starts? Our expert, Dr. John Mayer, helps us figure out how to light an appropriate fire under our flock’s behinds.
Moving Through Frustration
We’ve all had to navigate through the enormous emotional outbursts that accompany our kids’ frustration. Thanks goodness we’ve got Jennifer Waldburger, LCSW to help us figure out how to manage these overwhelming feelings in our kids – and ourselves!
The Power of “Yes”
“Don’t!” “Stop it!” “That’s not okay!” Feeling like a broken record when speaking to your child? Mary Hartzell, early childhood development expert says, injecting more (reasonable) “yeses” in a day will help everyone feel better.
Being a Dad: A Q & A with humorist Joel Stein
Joel Stein, author of Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity (one of our favorite books about becoming a parent), talks with us about his experience with fatherhood so far.