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Demand Avoidance: When Kids Vehemently And Consistently Resist Directions

Demand Avoidance: When Kids Vehemently And Consistently Resist Directions

Challenging Behaviors, Decoding behavior, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive ParentingClaire LernerJanuary 9, 2024PDA, Demand Avoidance, Challenging child behaviors, Parenting

When Kids Act Like Dictators

When Kids Act Like Dictators

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive ParentingClaire LernerOctober 29, 2023kids, demanding behavior, challenging behaviors

How To Teach Lessons to Kids Who Can't Tolerate Being Corrected

How To Teach Lessons to Kids Who Can't Tolerate Being Corrected

Challenging Behaviors, Decoding behavior, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive Discipline, Social/emotional devClaire LernerMarch 21, 2023discipline, child development

How To Be A "Gentle" Parent When You Have A Big Reactor

How To Be A "Gentle" Parent When You Have A Big Reactor

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular Blogs, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Discipline, Social/emotional devClaire LernerFebruary 15, 2023Big reactors, gentle parenting, co-regulation

Stop Trying To Make Your Kids Cooperate

Stop Trying To Make Your Kids Cooperate

Positive Parenting, Challenging Behaviors, Establishing RoutinesClaire LernerOctober 19, 2022cooperation, defiance, opposition, positive discipline

When Setting Limits Gets Physical

When Setting Limits Gets Physical

Challenging Behaviors, Positive DisciplineClaire LernerAugust 3, 2022limit setting, challenging behavior

4 Key Insights and Strategies for Responding to Big Reactors

4 Key Insights and Strategies for Responding to Big Reactors

Challenging Behaviors, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, Decoding behavior, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerDecember 7, 2021

"Mommy, You Are A Toilethead!" Why Not to Take Your Child's Words and Actions At Face Value

"Mommy, You Are A Toilethead!" Why Not to Take Your Child's Words and Actions At Face Value

Challenging Behaviors, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerNovember 1, 2021children, Positive parenting

Why Children Are Superstars At School and Terrors At Home

Why Children Are Superstars At School and Terrors At Home

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerJune 29, 2021school, parenting

When Kids Act Mean: Why some kids have trouble being kind and what you can do

When Kids Act Mean: Why some kids have trouble being kind and what you can do

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Parenting Mindshifts, Social/emotional dev, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerApril 5, 2021challenging behavior, kindness, social emotional development

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child Isn't Misbehaving on Purpose

Positive Parenting Mindshift: Your Child Isn't Misbehaving on Purpose

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerDecember 17, 2020mindset, parenting, challenging behaviors, development, positive parenting

How to Build resilience in Children who have a low Tolerance for Frustration

How to Build resilience in Children who have a low Tolerance for Frustration

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Social/emotional dev, Most Popular Blogs, Nurturing Problem-SolversClaire LernerSeptember 5, 2020positive parenting, social emotional development, highly sensitive children

It's Time to Stop Choosing Your Battles: No need to be at war with your child

It's Time to Stop Choosing Your Battles: No need to be at war with your child

Challenging Behaviors, Positive DisciplineClaire LernerJune 16, 2020positive discipline, positive parenting

Regression: Why children take steps backwards in their development and what you can do

Regression: Why children take steps backwards in their development and what you can do

Challenging Behaviors, Coronavirus Resources, Most Popular Blogs, Social/emotional devClaire LernerApril 13, 2020Regression, positive parenting

How to Support Kids Spiraling Out of Control

How to Support Kids Spiraling Out of Control

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Coronavirus ResourcesClaire LernerApril 4, 2020positive discipline, positive parenting

A Powerful Tool for Preventing Power Struggles and Helping Kids Make Good Choices

A Powerful Tool for Preventing Power Struggles and Helping Kids Make Good Choices

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, lessons from the trenches, Social/emotional devClaire LernerFebruary 24, 2020positive discipline, positive parenting

Why Children Laugh, Evade, or Get Angry When Being Corrected (No, your child is not a sociopath)

Why Children Laugh, Evade, or Get Angry When Being Corrected (No, your child is not a sociopath)

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular Blogs, Parental self-awarenessClaire LernerJanuary 28, 2020challenging behaviors, challenging behavior, positive parenting, positive discipline

Safe Space Breaks: When Giving Your Child (And Yourself!) A Break Can Be Helpful, Not Harmful

Safe Space Breaks: When Giving Your Child (And Yourself!) A Break Can Be Helpful, Not Harmful

Challenging Behaviors, Positive Discipline, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerJanuary 4, 2020challenging behavior, positive disciplone, positive discipline Comments