Parenting
Positive Discipline: How to Guide Children's Behaviour Without Punishment
The word "discipline" comes from the Latin disciplina, meaning teaching or learning -- not punishment. This is an important distinction that gets lost...
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Emotions
What Emotional Coaching Means in a Family Setting
John Gottman's research on emotion coaching identified one of the most consequential parenting approaches of the modern era — and it involves no speci...
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Emotions
How Adults Help Children Name Their Feelings
"You seem really frustrated right now." Said consistently, in the moment, when a child is visibly struggling — this simple act is one of the most powe...
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Parenting
Emotion Coaching: Helping Children Understand Their Feelings
The instinct when a child is distressed or angry is often either to fix the problem that caused the feeling or to shut the feeling down. "You're fine....
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