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Setting Limits at Dinner Time
One Saturday, we took our family to a club with an outdoor swimming pool in Petaluma. My step-daughter loves swimming and my son is starting to enjoy it more. There were two beautiful outdoor pools,...
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When I Grow Up Will You Recognize Me?
When my son was 4 he went through a period when he was very resistant to getting dressed. It didn’t matter if he was dressing himself or if I offered to help him, it was a struggle every morning. Over...
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Listening Helps When Things Get Gummy
My son and I had an outing where we went to the store together to get the week’s groceries. We have done this from the time he was born, and as he got older, he participated more frequently in the...
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Listening Helps Calm My Grandson’s Fears
When our grandson was one, and just walking, we convinced his parents to let us babysit so they could have a night out. They were quite nervous because they did not like to hear their son crying. We...
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Using Special Time and StayListening to Help My Daughter Get Ready for Company
It was a Sunday afternoon, shortly after my we had moved to our new house. My four-year old daughter Leah had just come home from an overnight at her father’s house and we had two hours until our House...
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Saying Good-Bye to Our Old House
It was mid-October and we had been in the new house for about 8 weeks. My daughter LOVED the new house. She had her own room with a bunk bed, a tree house, a hot tub… and a big yard to play in every...
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Helping my Daughter Move Through Upset After Hurting Another Child
When my daughter Leah was just under two years old, we were playing one day with a friend and her one-year old son, Malcolm. While gently nuzzling the leg of the younger boy, my daughter suddenly took...
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How I Got My Daughter to Give Up the Pacifier and Settle in to Deeper Sleep
My daughter Leah was an extremely agitated infant who slept very poorly. Our pediatrician assured us that the problem was not a medical one, but we never fully understood what had her so upset and out...
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Getting the Support You Need to Resolve Sleep Issues
One of the mothers in my ongoing support group has a 2-year-old daughter who had a really hard time falling asleep. This is her story: Ever since our sweet little daughter was an infant we had to help...
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Helping My Teenage Son Work Through Stifled Feelings with Listening
My 13 year older son was off track in a way that doesn’t happen often. I asked him to turn off the TV for shifting to bedtime mode at 9pm on a Sunday and he resisted. It led us to a talk about screen...
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