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Positive Discomfort: The stress of learning something new or facing a challenge is helpful, not harmful

Positive Discomfort: The stress of learning something new or facing a challenge is helpful, not harmful

Highly Sensitive Children, Nurturing Problem-Solvers, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerDecember 21, 2024resilience, social emotional development, grit

The Limit is the Lesson

The Limit is the Lesson

Challenging Behaviors, lessons from the trenches, Positive Discipline, Positive ParentingClaire LernerNovember 22, 2024positive discipline, parenting, challenging behavior

The Cheat Sheet: Key Phrases and Strategies From The Trenches

The Cheat Sheet: Key Phrases and Strategies From The Trenches

Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Limit-Setting With Love, lessons from the trenchesClaire LernerOctober 18, 2024

YOU DO IT!: When Your Child Demands You Do Things For Them That They Can Do Themselves

YOU DO IT!: When Your Child Demands You Do Things For Them That They Can Do Themselves

Establishing Routines, Cooperation, lessons from the trenches, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, TransitionsClaire LernerSeptember 17, 2024child development, cooperation, resilience

When Your Child Has A Pessimistic Outlook

When Your Child Has A Pessimistic Outlook

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerJuly 18, 2024

How The Obsession With Validating Feelings Is Failing Our Children (and resulting in less, not more, emotional regulation)

How The Obsession With Validating Feelings Is Failing Our Children (and resulting in less, not more, emotional regulation)

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerMay 29, 2024child development, Parenting

When Less Is So Much More In Supporting Your Big Reactor

When Less Is So Much More In Supporting Your Big Reactor

Highly Sensitive Children, Positive Parenting, Parenting MindshiftsClaire LernerMay 5, 2024big reactors, highly sensitive children, Positive parenting

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!! When Your Child Resists Discussions about Difficult Incidents

I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!! When Your Child Resists Discussions about Difficult Incidents

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerMarch 11, 2024

Demand Avoidance: When Kids Vehemently And Consistently Resist Directions

Demand Avoidance: When Kids Vehemently And Consistently Resist Directions

Challenging Behaviors, Decoding behavior, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive ParentingClaire LernerJanuary 9, 2024PDA, Demand Avoidance, Challenging child behaviors, Parenting

When Kids Act Like Dictators

When Kids Act Like Dictators

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive ParentingClaire LernerOctober 29, 2023kids, demanding behavior, challenging behaviors

How To Support Vs. Enable Your Highly Sensitive Child

How To Support Vs. Enable Your Highly Sensitive Child

Highly Sensitive Children, Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Parenting MindshiftsClaire LernerSeptember 19, 2023highly sensitive children

You Are Not A Helicopter Parent. You Are Your Child's Emotional Support Parent

You Are Not A Helicopter Parent. You Are Your Child's Emotional Support Parent

Highly Sensitive Children, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerSeptember 12, 2023child development, parenting

How To Help Avoidant Kids Take on Challenges And Work Through Fears

How To Help Avoidant Kids Take on Challenges And Work Through Fears

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerJune 7, 2023hesitant kids

“It’s All Your Fault!” Why Your Child Blames You For Everything (and how to help kids learn to take responsibility for their mistakes)

“It’s All Your Fault!” Why Your Child Blames You For Everything (and how to help kids learn to take responsibility for their mistakes)

Highly Sensitive Children, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerJanuary 11, 2023Positive parenting

Stop Trying To Make Your Kids Cooperate

Stop Trying To Make Your Kids Cooperate

Positive Parenting, Challenging Behaviors, Establishing RoutinesClaire LernerOctober 19, 2022cooperation, defiance, opposition, positive discipline

When NOT To Apologize To Your Child

When NOT To Apologize To Your Child

Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerOctober 2, 2022Apologizing to kids

When NOT To Give Choices

When NOT To Give Choices

Positive Parenting, Social/emotional devClaire LernerJune 22, 2022choices, parenting, children

Stop Working So Hard To Calm Your Kids!

Stop Working So Hard To Calm Your Kids!

Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, lessons from the trenches, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerMay 31, 2022Positive parenting, calming kids, self-regulation

The Lowdown On Limits

The Lowdown On Limits

Positive Parenting, Positive Discipline, Parenting MindshiftsClaire LernerMay 13, 2022Positive parenting, positive discipline, challenging behaviors