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Helping Your Child Calm their Mind at Bedtime; Getting into the Back-to-School Sleep Routine
How do you prepare for back to school time? Getting into a new sleep routine can make a significant difference in easing the transition!
Facilitating a Smooth Transition Back-to-School
I’m gonna hold onto this couch and never let go! – E. Miller, Age 6 It’s the morning after our summer vacation at the lake. E awoke and said he had had a nightmare. “My school became a haunted village. A ghost dragged me around the grounds. And all of my school friends were …
New Year’s Routine Reboot
The Start of the Year Offers the Ideal Chance to Create Smoother Bedtime and Morning Routines at Any Age… E, now ten-years-old, has a full two and a half week break over the holidays. And yes, we’ll do lots of visiting with friends and family. Sure, we are planning multiple entertaining outings. But there’s also …
The Opportunity of Bedtime, Part Two — Troubleshooting Bedtime Challenges
This week two readers share their challenges with bedtime. Perhaps these problems are similar to yours? One feels the bedtime routine stretches longer and longer while she is tired and wants to move through it more quickly. The other receives calls after the “Good nights” have been said. Fears of the dark, a desperate thirst …
The Opportunity of Bedtime, Part One
“One of my happy thoughts was having peace and quiet in the house today to work,” I said. “Oh yeah. Mom, could you give me peace and quiet while I am going to sleep? I always hear you doing the dishes in the kitchen and it keeps me up,” said E in earnest. “I’ll try,” …
Finals Time! Offering Support through the Stressors of Testing…
What if we treated the Earth and its resources as sacred? Learning from Indigenous traditions…
Do you apologize to your child? How do you teach them to take responsibility for their poor choices? Check out these ideas.
Learn How You Can Cultivate Empathy Skills with Time in Nature…
“Confident Parents, Confident Kids” — Named Top Parenting Book by the Greater Good Science Center!
Developing Family Guidelines for Fighting Fairly…
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