My first-time facilitating Circle of Security Parenting started with tremendous doubts about this Western parent coaching model. Well, I did have great trust in the model itself, but I also…
My toddler’s speech and language has come on in full force in the past 6 months – it’s been a joy to watch her taking pleasure in new ways of…
Early childhood is a time for significant social and emotional learning. The experiences children have in their early years of life go on to profoundly shape their life trajectories. So,…
It’s pretty much universal that parents want their children to be empathic. Of course we do – it’s a highly valued relational skill. And it’s a skill many parents spend…
I attended a Circle of Security Parenting training as a professional – my interest was in deepening my work with young families and supporting new parents. I never dreamed it…
I had the opportunity to watch an early care educator in her classroom this week. I was early to pick up my son and so the classroom was much busier…
My daughter has always hated traveling in the car. From when she was a tiny baby, car trips meant screaming and crying, usually for the entire trip. It was a…
At the end of every Circle of Security Parenting chapter, we like to ask if there was anything surprising from the session. During a group in a prison setting with…
R upture! The word alone sounds like, ‘I blew it and it's over!’ I felt like that happened between me and my 13-year-old daughter last week. We’d had a busy…
“It was a bit of a nightmare really. Angus, my 3-year-old, needed a diaper change but was really resisting that, screaming, and trying to run away. I finally got it…
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