As a gifted adult or the parent of a gifted child, you may have wondered if either you or your child would benefit from therapy.You also might have questioned whether it was really necessary. Am I overreacting and being an alarmist? Will it help? And when is it worth the cost?Although education, mental health and health care professionals have been...
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The Brain Science That Changes Parenting
I have been fascinated by neuroscience for several years now. In fact, learning about basic brain function and child development is why I chose to leave conventional parenting methods behind. I’m certainly no neuroscientist, and I still don’t understand the deep complexities of the brain, but I’ve come to understand the basics through by Drs. Daniel...
The Best-Kept Secret in Parenting!
“It’s the relationship of the child to the adult responsible for their care that is the most significant factor in the unfolding of human potential.” – Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with over 40 years of experience with children and youth and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development,...
The #1 Reasons Parents Yell and How to Turn It Around
Guest post by Andy Smithson, It wasn't the traffic you endured while running the kids to football, band and dance practice. It wasn't really the announcement of “I have to pee” that came from the back seat the moment you left the driveway. I wasn't even the constant noise and quarreling between your son and daughter that set you off. It wasn't the...
Helping Our Kids Cope with Stress
I recently had the pleasure of reading Susan Stiffelman's book, . One of the chapters that struck me most was called "Helping Our Kids Cope with Stress." In this chapter, Susan outlines some the alarming recent studies about our adolescents:Research conducted by the University of Michigan stated that 10% of high school sophomores and almost one in...
Does Positive Parenting Reward Misbehavior?
This is post #3 in my “Debunking Myths about Positive Parenting” series. In post one, I debunked the myth that , and in post two, I set the record straight on the false assumption that . Because Positive Parenting is centered around , I often advocate for practices such as when misbehavior arises and being emotionally supportive through as opposed...