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Category: Parenting

What is Gentle Parenting?

19/03/2023 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

Gentle parenting is an approach to raising children that emphasizes empathy, understanding, and mutual respect between parents and their children.…

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Posted in: Parenting Filed under: parenting, parenting course

Why Emotional Regulation Can be Challenging for Some Children Despite Gentle Parenting: Tips and Strategies for Parents

14/03/2023 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

Why Emotional Regulation Can be Challenging for Some Children Despite Gentle Parenting: Tips and Strategies for Parents Learn why emotional…

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Posted in: Emotional Intelligence, Parenting Filed under: emotional intelligence, emotional regulation

What is Rupture and Repair in Parenting?

08/02/2023 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

What is Rupture and Repair in Parenting? Ruptures are inevitable and without repair can damage the parent-child relationship. Security comes…

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Posted in: Parenting Filed under: rupture, rupture and repair

What is the Time-In parenting strategy and Why not Time-Out?

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What is the Time-In parenting strategy and Why not Time-Out? Time-outs can be rejecting and shaming. Time-in is effective discipline…

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Posted in: Parenting Filed under: behaviour, parenting strategy, time-in

A Parent’s Survival Guide for Christmas

21/12/2022 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

HO! HO! OHhh noo… Here is a survival guide for parents with 5 tips for the holiday and Christmas season.…

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Posted in: Parenting Filed under: christmas, parenting

Gentle Parenting Tips for the Holiday Season

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Feeling overwhelmed or anxious about the holidays? Perhaps you’ve had negative experiences in the past with people giving you grief…

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Posted in: Parenting Filed under: holidays, parenting

What to do when your child is being bullied or is the bully.

27/02/2022 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

What is Bullying? A person who is being unkind or mean to someone repeatedly. It is ongoing and repeated mistreatment…

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Posted in: Children, Parenting Filed under: bullied, bully, bullying

Responding to Tantrums

23/10/2021 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

If you have a toddler, I am sure you are familiar with tantrums. If by some miracle you have no…

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Posted in: Children, Parenting Filed under: parenting, tantrums

Books to read when welcoming a new baby

30/07/2020 TheGentleCounsellor Leave a comment

This is the first version of this list. I wanted to keep it short and sweet. I have personally read…

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Posted in: Children, Parenting Filed under: new baby
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