with Viki de Lieme
The first four months of your baby’s life are called The Fourth Trimester for a reason - she was already born, but is still a fetus. During your baby's fourth trimester, her physical systems are not yet fully functional; her digestive system is ...
Numerous studies have shown that the main cause depriving people of happiness is the lack of autonomy, the ability to make their own choices. Here’s how autonomy (and the lack thereof) affects children (and adults). Restrictions on our autonomy are ...
Feelings are messengers of met and unmet need. Unpleasant feelings, that are wake up calls for unmet needs, result in impulsive behaviors. Here’s how we can manage the behavior by addressing the unmet need it stems from. It happens (happened, and ...
What does change mean for children? How do kids grasp change? And why do they react the way they react? And most importantly, what can you do to make it easier, and beneficial for their development? Changes are a major part of our lives; some ...
Control and dominance are ineffective strategies to child discipline because human beings are programmed to resist it with everything that they have. "Discipline" is one of my favorite examples to the degree to which we stopped considering the ...
It seems like just a few months ago we could have left our little one with anyone, and she would be content. As long as her needs were met, as long as she was held, warm and had a full tummy, everything would have been just fine. So what happened? ...
