Children's Emotional Development Parenting Blog

Raising Caring, Confident, and Resilient Kids This Holiday Season

This year has knocked us down, chewed us up and spit us out...yet, here we are, still moving into the holiday season and rounding the corner to the end of the year. Good riddance year 2020, amiright? Although the year...

7 Ways to Enjoy the Halloween Magic this Year

Halloween is the ultimate kid’s holiday. Truly… what could be better than dressing up in costumes, eating yummy treats and spooking your family? Even the adults can get into the playfulness and magic of Halloween as we find the more...

Help your Family Cope with Displacement and Wildfires

Our hearts go out to all the families coping with wildfires and displacement during this already challenging time. Here are a few tips for how to help your young children with anxiety and displacement around fires: 1. Be Prepared: Follow recommendations...

Back To School

What lasting impact will this year have on children’s mental health? Parents, teachers, school leaders, private pre-schools, and government officials are all scrambling right now to sort out what school will look like this fall. By now we’ve heard that...

Connection to Exploration

The Path for Positive Social-Emotional Development All parents want their children to grow up confident in themselves and engaged in healthy relationships. The question is… how do we support our children to get there? Sometimes having more information about what...

How to Support a Young Child with Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural emotional response to a loss. Loss can be associated with a big change (like moving, or not being able to see your friends during a pandemic), or it could even be the death of a loved...

10 Ways to Manage Sibling Conflict this Summer

Summertime means more time at home together, and this summer is shaping up to be a long one. Many families have already spent months at home together, quarantining during state-wide shutdowns, and many more are waiting to see what school...

The Importance of Imaginative Play

Play is how children explore, communicate and learn about the world. So much of the time, we adults are insisting that children learn our ways of the world, but what would happen if we learned more about their ways? If...

Express Emotions and Build Self-Esteem

Help your Child Express Emotions and Build Self-Esteem: Three phrases to help you set limits while allowing your child to express themselves. Children enter into this world with different temperaments and personalities, but they are also shaped by their environments. Whether...