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Life with kids is messy. We celebrate all the messes...so you know you are not alone! And you GOT this..
Thank you Dr Tara Zuckerman for this much needed conversation on Parent Burnout and Child Meltdowns. Yes...it's about the expectations we pu...
When was the "last normal school year"? For 12th Graders, it was 9th Grade. For 6th Graders, it was 3rd Grade. For Kindergartners through 2n...
Why doesn't G-d make Covid go away! Join us as we explore how to answer really hard questions from children when we are struggling with the...
This is an inspiring and fearless conversation with Mandi Franklin, pediatric nurse practitioner and children's book author. Her new book is...
Here is my favorite poem and a few thoughts on The Learning Poem because all learning really is about emotions, a process of skill building,...
For many of us, these are stressful times! They are especially stressful for parents trying to help children manage anxiety when grownup anx...
Teaching children empathy and the skill of repairing mistakes is developmental and complicated. Here's a great conversation from Karen's new...
A special preview of Karen's new podcast with Rabbi David Steinhardt, called The Language of Ahava. With special guest Avi Steinhardt and Lo...
What to do when your child's angry? When your child can't "hear" your calming messages? Anger is a big, challenging emotion for the children...
Our goal is to raise children who have strong emotional intelligence, who are resilient, resourceful, flexible and experience joy. The devel...
Here's an episode from the Archives talking about Setting Limits with Respect when there is resistance, attitude and pushback from your chil...
Be inspired by The Be Books and Lauren's message of kindness and positivity. Lauren also shares following her dream as a mom and an author S...
In our quest to be "better" in a new year, we often look around and try to get others to change - particularly the all the frustrating thing...
I'm excited for Part 2 of my conversation with Alexis Cobo, Computer, Science & Technology Specialist at Pinecrest School in Boca Raton. In...
This is not a tech toy shopping list. It's better. It's how children engage and play with technology in order to create thinking and problem...
Here's a little reminder to step back from holiday stress to think of how your family, even the youngest children, can help others and recei...
Back from the NAEYC Conference, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and proud and inspired to be an Early Childhoo...
Gratitude and Emotional Intelligence go hand in hand - both are skills that require practice to develop fully. The Yale Center for Emotional...
Episode #210 Revisiting Self Care before Holiday Madness Sets In by Karen Deerwester
You owe it to your children! You owe it to yourself! Revisiting Episode #92
Temperament is the key to managing change, comfort, skill building and so much more! Listen to this important conversation from the Archives...
This conversation is on behalf of all the parents experiencing the stress, anxiety and confusion over baby and child gastro issues - from co...
There are few things sadder and harder than saying good bye to a pet. Each child, each age and stage of development, each parent and each fa...
This is a follow-up to Episode #195 with Newborn Moms describing What No One Told Us about those insane first 2 months. Here's the Dad conve...
One from the Archives that was originally titled "I Did Everything Wrong" - Yes! Learning and growing, for parents as well as for kids, mean...
Becoming a parent is monumental. Moms and dads need support and understanding navigating changing roles, changing routines, changing relatio...
Oh, what a journey! From Baby Class to PreK! With every year and new stage of development, children grow and change and parents grow and cha...
Tummy Time is the foundation for all future growth and learning! Listen to Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Shannon Vinsentin, talk about t...
As so many are getting involved to help the Bahamas post-hurricane, be sure to teach your children that they are the helpers too! When we gi...
Here's a short and fun conversation between Ms Amy and me, co-teaching in Family Time classes for the last 15 years. See Me Hear Me Love Me...
Let's explore the feelings and needs beneath children's behavior - starting with tantrums! Looking at the See Me Hear Me Love Me tools we ne...
I believe in preschool because I believe Early Childhood Educators are the best protectors of childhood. Preschools celebrate innocence and...
Here's the conversation for all the times books and parenting advice fall short. It's the conversation for children knowing better and not d...
Here is a podcast about responding to all the crazy-making situations in parenting with practical wisdom of how to connect-teach-guide your...
Here are 2 moms of babies looking back at the first 2 months with their babies! Who is this new person that changes everything you know, thi...
Our continuing conversation with moms who are juggling work demands, family demands and self-care. How do they manage schedules, planning an...
We can set boundaries for children without saying "no" and without scolding. The challenge is can you flip all those "no's" into saying what...
Temperament IS the key to parenting and teaching. As we understand our own temperament style and each child's temperament style, we grow in...
Divorce brings lots of feelings of fear and uncertainty. Change is hard. But here are two extraordinary women talking about the emotional su...
Big emotions are a part of every new beginning, every new step in development - particularly starting Camp or School. Listen as these 3 moms...
Dads are redefining what it means to be a dad. Listen as these dads describe their emotional commitment to being the kind of dads they striv...
Listen to this conversation from the archives about the emotional skill building found in comfort objects! At the table with Jenn, Michele a...
How to raise a daughter, or a son, who feels strong and confident in her voice and her choices, particularly in a world where it might be ea...
Listen to three very different Adoption Stories that help us all to be more aware and more sensitive in our language and our understanding o...
Early Childhood professionals know how much Early Childhood matters to brain development, to learning and growing, to realizing a child full...
Listen to an experienced parent talk about years of Summer and Weekly unplugging! You will be wowed by the deep and profound impact of "disc...
Wishing everyone a Mother's Day full of self-care, self-honoring and self-recognition!
Listen as we discuss what rules are important in a particular family and how different parents set those rules. Mean Moms? Good Moms? Loving...
Inuit parents use storytelling to help children manage difficult situations. They do so without yelling and without scolding through stories...
The book "Yes Day" by Amy Krause Rosenthal challenges us to change our routines and be less predictable. It challenges us to give children v...