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Teen anxiety can display in the form of minor avoidance of a certain activity, but can also escalate into full-on terror at the thought of something. It takes on different disguises but with fear at its source.
A series of unfelt emotions can accumulate into a big, uncomfortable knot that has the power to prevent us from moving forward....

Consistency is not vital
Can you believe this?  This nugget of wisdom is perhaps the most important thing that I learned when I first came across Hand in Hand Parenting.
So much of the advice about how to handle a range of parenting challenges, and about limit setting in general, suggests that it’s super important to “hold the line” and remain consistent in the limits we set.  And when we can’t manage this, we often...

Tu connais peut-être ce moment de lutte quotidienne quand tu essaies d'attacher ton enfant dans son siège-auto. Si t'en as marre des conflits, découvre comment mettre fin à cette bataille. Comment ? Voici comment une maman s’y est prise avec sa grande...

How Is A Tantrum A Bid For Connection?
The man at my parenting talk is exasperated by his two-year-old son’s behavior.
“First, he wants a glass of milk,” he tells me. “I pour the glass and hand it to him, and he gets upset and says he doesn’t want it. So I say, ‘Okay, then, I’ll drink the milk.’ I’m trying to show him I’m flexible. But he fusses and says, ‘No, don’t...