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I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!! When Your Child Resists Discussions about Difficult Incidents

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!! When Your Child Resists Discussions about Difficult Incidents

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerMarch 11, 2024

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 Support Vs. Enable Your Highly Sensitive Child

How To Support Vs. Enable Your Highly Sensitive Child

Highly Sensitive Children, Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Parenting MindshiftsClaire LernerSeptember 19, 2023highly sensitive children

You Are Not A Helicopter Parent. You Are Your Child's Emotional Support Parent

You Are Not A Helicopter Parent. You Are Your Child's Emotional Support Parent

Highly Sensitive Children, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerSeptember 12, 2023child development, parenting

How To Help Avoidant Kids Take on Challenges And Work Through Fears

How To Help Avoidant Kids Take on Challenges And Work Through Fears

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerJune 7, 2023hesitant kids

“It’s All Your Fault!” Why Your Child Blames You For Everything (and how to help kids learn to take responsibility for their mistakes)

“It’s All Your Fault!” Why Your Child Blames You For Everything (and how to help kids learn to take responsibility for their mistakes)

Highly Sensitive Children, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerJanuary 11, 2023Positive parenting

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 NOT To Apologize To Your Child

When NOT To Apologize To Your Child

Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerOctober 2, 2022Apologizing to kids

When NOT To Give Choices

When NOT To Give Choices

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerJune 22, 2022choices, parenting, children

Stop Working So Hard To Calm Your Kids!

Stop Working So Hard To Calm Your Kids!

Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, lessons from the trenches, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerMay 31, 2022Positive parenting, calming kids, self-regulation

The Lowdown On Limits

The Lowdown On Limits

Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Parenting MindshiftsClaire LernerMay 13, 2022Positive parenting, positive discipline, challenging behaviors

5 Ways to Help a Hesitant Child Try New Things

5 Ways to Help a Hesitant Child Try New Things

Highly Sensitive Children, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerMarch 28, 2022

Negative Self-Talk: Why it happens and what you can do

Negative Self-Talk: Why it happens and what you can do

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerMarch 13, 2022Negative self talk, children, social emotional development, parenting

When Cheerleading Your Child is Paralyzing, Not Motivating

When Cheerleading Your Child is Paralyzing, Not Motivating

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerFebruary 21, 2022

10 Traits of Highly Sensitive Children

10 Traits of Highly Sensitive Children

Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular Blogs, Positive ParentingClaire LernerFebruary 20, 2022highly sensitive children