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Giggle Parenting: Long Distance

  Photo Credit: DvvortyGirl Have you ever been away from your child and wished that you had a way to deeply connect long distance? This has been at the forefront of my mind over the last few months when I’ve had quite a few trips away from my daughter. A while back I read this story from … Continue reading Giggle Parenting: Long Distance

How To Spring Clean With Kids

With spring in the air this week I have been feeling the urge to de-clutter and tidy up, and remembered this post that I compiled last year with 25 tips for tidying up from my fellow Hand in Hand Parenting instructors. I know that I feel much more comfortable involving my daughter with the tidying, … Continue reading How To Spring Clean With Kids

Giggle Parenting For Taking Medicine

If you’ve been prescribed medicine by a doctor, and are wondering about how to persuade your child to take it, then Giggle Parenting can come in very handy. For many children, particularly those who are sensitive to new tastes, the thought of taking a strange, unknown liquid can bring up a lot of feelings. Laughter, … Continue reading Giggle Parenting For Taking Medicine

What’s it like to have someone to listen to you for 7 days?

Last week I ran a free listening challenge in which parents got together every day for 7 days to listen to each other. This is the Hand in Hand Parenting  tool of listening partnerships (LP’s for short), and this is what parents had to say about the experience. ”Thanks to Kate for this challenge. I have a … Continue reading What’s it like to have someone to listen to you for 7 days?

Giggle Parenting Inspiration: Silly Phone Calls

Imagine if every time you were in a sticky situation with your child you could just pick up the phone and dial for help? Well actually you can! It might not be exactly the help you were expecting, but it does work wonders. Over the last few weeks we’ve been dealing with minus temperatures, and … Continue reading Giggle Parenting Inspiration: Silly Phone Calls

When your child doesn’t want to do special time

Special time; one of the five Hand in Hand Parenting tools, is a wonderful way to deepen your connection with your child, to build the safety they need to tell us their feelings. This 1-1 time following your child’s lead is something all children crave, and they will usually embrace the chance to do whatever they choose … Continue reading When your child doesn’t want to do special time

The 7-Day Listening Partnership Challenge

Today’s post is something a little different. A chance for you to dive deeper into Hand in Hand Parenting, and get more support than you ever imagined possible! And this experiment is going to be completely free.  Here’s why I’m doing it.  A few months ago I found out that I had to donate stem … Continue reading The 7-Day Listening Partnership Challenge

The Lost Art Of Listening To Tears

I’m sure we’ve all had the experience where we’re talking to someone and they’re just going on and on. We can’t seem to get a word in, and if we do manage, then the other person looks edgy and impatient, waiting for us to finish so they can start talking again. We really want to … Continue reading The Lost Art Of Listening To Tears

Permission To Feel Sad This Holiday Season

Three years ago on Christmas morning I started crying. My grandmother had died a month earlier and I was spending Christmas with my in-laws. Suddenly I felt bad, as if I had abandoned my own family that Christmas. My husband took offence, I could see that he was feeling unhappy that I was suddenly wanting … Continue reading Permission To Feel Sad This Holiday Season

Why Santa Claus Could Be Making Your Parenting Harder

At this time of year life can get a little crazy. With stockings to fill and Christmas cards to write the attention we give our children can start to waver. And as we look down at our to-do list in horror we may find ourselves resorting to desperate measures to try and keep our child’s … Continue reading Why Santa Claus Could Be Making Your Parenting Harder