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Positive Discomfort Part 2: Working with schools to help kids get through tasks and transitions

Positive Discomfort Part 2: Working with schools to help kids get through tasks and transitions

Cooperation, Highly Sensitive Children, lessons from the trenches, Limit-Setting With Love, Parenting Mindshifts, Social/emotional dev, TransitionsClaire LernerJanuary 9, 2025children, challenges, social emotional development

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

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

The Trouble With Transitions: Why They Are So Hard For Some Kids And How To Help

The Trouble With Transitions: Why They Are So Hard For Some Kids And How To Help

Highly Sensitive Children, Social/emotional dev, Cooperation, TransitionsClaire LernerApril 2, 2024transitions, child development, challenging behaviors

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

"This Is the WORST DAY EVER!"

"This Is the WORST DAY EVER!"

Highly Sensitive Children, Social/emotional devClaire LernerDecember 1, 2023children, highly sensitive children, child development, Positive parenting

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

How To Teach Lessons to Kids Who Can't Tolerate Being Corrected

How To Teach Lessons to Kids Who Can't Tolerate Being Corrected

Challenging Behaviors, Decoding behavior, Highly Sensitive Children, Positive Discipline, Social/emotional devClaire LernerMarch 21, 2023discipline, child development

How To Be A "Gentle" Parent When You Have A Big Reactor

How To Be A "Gentle" Parent When You Have A Big Reactor

Challenging Behaviors, Highly Sensitive Children, Most Popular Blogs, Parenting Mindshifts, Positive Discipline, Social/emotional devClaire LernerFebruary 15, 2023Big reactors, gentle parenting, co-regulation

“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

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

5 Ways to Help a Hesitant Child Try New Things

5 Ways to Help a Hesitant Child Try New Things

Highly Sensitive Children, Positive Parenting, Social/emotional dev, Most Popular BlogsClaire LernerMarch 28, 2022

Negative Self-Talk: Why it happens and what you can do

Negative Self-Talk: Why it happens and what you can do

Social/emotional dev, Positive Parenting, Parenting Mindshifts, Highly Sensitive ChildrenClaire LernerMarch 13, 2022Negative self talk, children, social emotional development, parenting