How You Describe Your Child Matters

How You Describe Your Child Matters

Original post by Hayley Goldberg, LMFT of Heart of Connecting How we label and describe our children makes a difference in how our children ultimately come to think about themselves. Labels have much more of an impact than we realize because our words carry a lot of...
We All Need Friends

We All Need Friends

Original Post by Hayley Goldberg, LMFT – Heart of Connecting Babies are born wired for social connection and from infancy they are ready to start building relationships with the people around them. The process of children learning to communicate and cooperate...
Self-Regulation in Young Children

Self-Regulation in Young Children

Original post by Hayley Goldberg, Heart of Connecting Young children tend to live in the moment and are ruled by their impulses and their immediate desires and feelings. It is hard for them to delay gratification, exercise control and decide what is an appropriate...
Teaching New Behaviors

Teaching New Behaviors

Original article by Hayley Goldberg, LMFT at Heart of Connecting Children aren’t born knowing how or why to behave well. They aren’t born knowing how to take turns, not to color on the walls, or how to control their big emotions when you won’t buy them a new toy at...
3.5 year-old Tantrums (via Positive Discipline)

3.5 year-old Tantrums (via Positive Discipline)

Original article by: Positive Discipline. Link to article. Question: I just entered the world of Positive Discipline and I love it. I feel like I can be a really great mother—even more than I already am. I feel challenged with my 3 ½ year old! He is very specific...