As we wrap up our blog series on The 4 Habits of Raising Joy-Filled Kids, I’m struck by the authors’ explanation of developing disciplines with …
Attunement
Building Bounce in our Infants
Building Bounce can sound a little like inflating a basketball and dribbling it. Don’t worry, I am not encouraging you to dribble your baby! ;) …
Attuning With Our Teens
Parenting teenagers has been a HUGE learning curve for me. My own teen years were hard - I often felt unseen, misunderstood, and alone. As a mom, more …
RC’s, Validation, and Attunement… Oh My!
The title of this blog is aptly named because these concepts (relational circuits, validation, and attunement) were foreign to me, even as recently as …
Attuning with your Infant
Attuning is recognizing the emotional state someone else is in and meeting them there. (1) Attunement is important in all relationships, but is …
The Importance of Attunement
Last week I was grocery shopping and suddenly heard a child’s loud yelling and wailing coming from the next aisle. A moment later I heard a frustrated …
Raising a Child Who Can be Trusted
In Dr. Jim Wilder’s series on attachment parenting, he raised the important, difficult (and sensitive) question, can my child be trusted? Yikes! That …
I Love You Enough to Correct You
Recently our youngest son Andrew (7) acted out with some behavior issues. These were times when I knew he understood what was asked of him. He heard …