Posts Tagged "pressure"
Unraveling Tension
What do you do when something just has to get done, and you and your child get all knotted up over it? Dr. Lawrence Cohen, author of Playful Parenting and co-author of The Art of Roughhousing, suggests this, reprinted from his newsletter with permission. His analogy of an actual “knot” helps you unravel the tension. The Knot of Tension A Knot of Tension is a set of distressing...
Read MoreThe Brilliance of “I can’t”
Who thought I’d ever have anything good to say about my life-long complaint: “I can’t.” C’mon. Even the parenting approach I designed has CAN DOs. But I’m starting to see it’s brilliance: it’s my get-out-of trouble card. I’m currently in Carolyn Scarborough’s Backyard Pearls Writing Telecourse. I signed up because I always wanted to...
Read MoreSay What You See Book
