Category Archives: Responding With Sensitivity

Responding to babies’ cries, toddlers’ tantrums, and children’s needs

• Sometimes, gentle is not the whole answer – and it’s okay.

  Lessons on accepting and providing the loving guidance your unique child needs can be hard to swallow at times – especially when, as I have, you experience a severe awakening that a large portion of your parenting style needs to change in order for your trusting relationship with your child to really blossom.  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: Love

  This week we asked you to share love with us. Read more about responding with love and sensitivity on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

• The Benefits of Allowing Babies to Struggle

  Educators and caregivers often project their own positive and negative emotions on a child’s experience. But there is value in allowing babies and young children to struggle.  MORE

• 5 Lessons My Kids Taught Me

  Children are amazing teachers, when we only stop to listen. Justin of Lone Home Ranger shares 5 lessons her children taught her.  MORE

• The Loud Sound of Emotion

  I have a preschooler now. It really blows my mind to say that, but it’s true. Gwen is 3-years old and is definitely full of “big kid” spunk, fieriness, and emotion; however, she is still learning how to control those rollercoaster emotions of hers and learning the frustrations of not having complete control over her life and world. I find myself having to give myself more and more “time outs” to breathe and regroup so as to not lose my cool. I also find myself needing some new tools in my arsenal.
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• Tolerating Timidity

  With that first baby, 7 years ago, I worried. I worried that she would be timid her entire life. I worried that she would always be anxious. I worried that she would have a hard time making attachments to other people. I worried that she wasn’t like those other, happy babies.  MORE

• Hitting Out of Fear

  In a society where we speak out against the hitting of women, against the hitting of racial minorities, against the hitting of animals, against the hitting and bullying of anyone, there are still a large number of people who think hitting children is perfectly acceptable or even necessary.  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: Loss

  This week we asked you to share loss with us. Read more about responding with sensitivity on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

• Supporting Children Through Difficult Relationships

  Sometimes the relationships our children experience will not be ideal. As parents, one of the most important things we can impart to our children is how to deal with those relationships when they are imperfect. That can be a difficult challenge for many parents, when our instincts are to shield and protect our children from stress.  MORE

• Compassionately Dealing With Whining

  How to choose to respond in a positive, relational way to this often irritating tone of voice.  MORE

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